David James says that Mikel Arteta made a huge mistake selling Emiliano Martínez to Aston Villa.
Emiliano Martínez to Aston Villa
In 2020 Aston Villa signed Emiliano Martínez from Arsenal for a price of £20 million. The Argentinian International shined at Aston Villa after that. Emiliano Martínez performed very well the entire season. He made 167 appearances and also saved a crucial penalty for Argentina and also a crucial shot.
The Argentina International really performed very well before the international break. He kept clean sheets in the Bayern Munich game in the UEFA Champions League as well as against Manchester United in the Premier League.
David James, former Premier League Goalkeeper, says that Arteta made a huge mistake by selling Emiliano Martínez to Aston Villa. He called him a “monster”.
“It’s interesting when you look at Premier League goalkeepers over a number of years now, there’s not many characters.” David James said on the Seaman Says podcast.
He said that there were more characters prior to that for whatever reasons. Emiliano has character and everything about him is character. James said that he is a big game player and wants to play in the biggest games mostly.
“When you look at the Raya and Ramsdale situation at Arsenal and obviously Emiliano Martínez was allowed to go because of Bernd Leno, who’s a decent goalkeeper. ” James said.
He said Emiliano would have been the perfect goalkeeper for Arsenal if they did not sell him to Aston Villa.
He said that Emiliano Martínez is a big personality and also, he has been performing very well in Aston Villa, but he is not sure if Emiliano Martínez will be good at Manchester City or not. David James said that he is already a World Cup winner and won the Copa America Recently.
Emiliano Martínez does very well under pressure. He can save critical goals. David James also said that he does not really like the time-wasting Emiliano Martínez does.
Emiliano Martínez time at Arsenal
In, 2020, Martínez was Arsenal’s key player because of Bernd Leno’s injury. He was performing very well for the team. He won the FA cup with Arsenal as well. When the Gunners won the Community shield, he also started in that match. However, when the German International goalkeeper returned, Martínez future in Arsenal was jeopardized.
Aston Villa agreed on a deal of £20 million to buy him from Arsenal. Emiliano became the most expensive goalkeeper in the history of Argentina. He was the number one player in Aston Villa agreed on a deal of £20 million to buy him from Arsenal. Emiliano became the most expensive goalkeeper in the history of Argentina. He was the number one player in ‘Albiceleste’ and also performed very well in Maracanã. Argentina faced Colombia in the Semi – Finals. Emiliano saved three shots from the penalty and made Argentina victorious.
What does Martín Tocalli has to say?
Martín Tocalli talks about Dibu’s secret in penalties. He says “For example: (Juan Guillermo) Cuadrado from Colombia in the Copa América. He’s a player who has taken 30 penalties one way and 30 the other. At minute 105 or 24. He has no pattern. You need to analyze them again.
He said he discovered that in none of the penalties throughout the career, he kicked open and crossed. He said, in Penalty, u study the body positioning of the kicker. They observe what they do at any instance. The final decision lies to them. Tocalli just assists and shoes them.
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