“He’s been a good character, obviously some people like him, he can obviously be annoying sometimes, some of his antics,” Roy Keane (of course) said on Sky Sports after Aston Villa‘s 2-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur.
Martinez may have suffered a dip in form for Aston Villa this season but it was nothing supporters believed he couldn’t have turned around.
"He'll be a big loss to them" "That does look like he was waving goodbye for sure"
Roy Keane and Jamie Redknapp on Emi Martinez waving to the Villa Park crowd with tears in his eyes pic.twitter.com/wNaMId6Cij
Unai Emery said little to the contrary, “we will see”, while Villa’s bid to comply with profitability and sustainability rules (PSR) could make this transfer the difficult but standout choice, one that protects younger assets from having to be sold.
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That has been a major source of pride for the Villa faithful, who serenade the “world’s no 1” virtually every home match, and as Keane notes about the “antics”, they may irk but they are certainly welcome when he is your own team’s goalkeeper, and Villans will therefore fondly remember his five years here – if this is indeed the end.
An easy selection and one less headache – perhaps until recently, with some iffy displays – now it appears Villa must search for at least one goalkeeper in the summer transfer windows.
Closer to home there is one name that springs to mind in the Premier League, arguably ready-made and chomping at the bit for his chance as a No 1 goalkeeper – Liverpool’s Caoimhin Kelleher.
That is all the more likely because Liverpool are signing Valencia’s Giorgi Mamardashvili this summer, while Kelleher was open about his desire to leave in search of first-team football back in September.
Caoimhin Kelleher appears surplus to requirements at Liverpool (Photo: Reuters)
“The club’s made that decision to get another goalkeeper and from the outside looking in, it looks like they’ve made a decision to go in a different direction.”
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Chelsea and Newcastle United have been linked, Manchester United is deemed an ideal location, while Bournemouth are said to be confident of beating the Big Six clubs to Kelleher’s signature.
That takes us to nearly half of next season’s Premier League teams, meaning Kelleher is undoubtedly going to be a man in demand.
It’s a move that suits all parties, and represents only a minor risk for Villa, who know that whoever the replacement may be, Martinez will take some replacing.
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