Emi Martinez

[Toronto Villa]

Madness to even consider selling him without even a having a good enough number 2 keeper on the books.  We got caught out a year ago by selling Luiz and replacing him Onana who's been woeful for much of the season.

Agree on Martinez, I'd hope for a humongous transfer fee if indeed he is off, that'd be the only way we should ever sell him through gritted teeth at the alter of PSR, but Tielemans was Luiz's replacement, and he's done pretty well this year.

Yes, but reading between the lines,  we are going to cash in in Tielemans as well, and probably way below his true value like with Luiz.

Sell Martinez, and that bumps us about 5 places down the table next season.

Is there any bit of this "Villa" thing that you actually get any enjoyment from?

I can’t be the only one sick of our sporting director treating our best players like rubbish and then replacing them with mediocrity.  Luiz outstanding last season, we cash in.  Duran brilliant first half of this season,  we cash in.  Now Martinez and the pound signs are in their eyes.  It's becoming quite spiteful.

come on man. What a load of bollocks

[Tuscans]

🚨 Emi Martínez has an offer from Saudi Arabia & two firm offers from major European teams — he’s not going to choose Saudi for sporting reasons.
@gastonedul

[Smirker]

I think Martínez will leave. Just a gut feeling.

[Beard82]

Is that satire?

[PeterWithe]

He did seem pretty emotional there, which is a bit strange for a routine win.

[Brend'Watkins]

Is that satire?

No, a gut feeling outweighs satire. I think.

[Tuscans]

Oh he's gone. If Saudi I imagine him and Bailey would give us close to £100 million, maybe more.

[Des Little]

I’d be holding out for £100m for Emi alone. They can afford it, no problem.

[BC Villain]

I can’t be the only one sick of our sporting director treating our best players like rubbish and then replacing them with mediocrity.  Luiz outstanding last season, we cash in.  Duran brilliant first half of this season,  we cash in.  Now Martinez and the pound signs are in their eyes.  It's becoming quite spiteful.

The cashing in is fuck all to do with the sporting director and all to do with trying to be PSR compliant, both in the league AND in Europe.

Would you have wanted Watkins cashed in on instead of Duran, we needed to do one of them?

Not when we happily accept cut price deals.  That's nothing do with PSR, but because we keep choosing to do it that way.  We need to start being clever in the market and not just roll over and accept the first offer that comes along.  Duran would have stayed if Emery hadn't insisted on messing him about.  As for Martinez,  look at his demeanor tonight.  Clearly doesn't want to go, yet the club are trying to force him out.

[Toronto Villa]

PSR is going to force us to sell a key player. Emi is 34 so if we can get out of our PSR problems through his sale it makes sense. I hate that it’s forcing us to make that decision.

[Brazilian Villain]

He looked quite cut up.

Blose fans will try and claim it was the Peaky Blinders. Sad twats that they are.

[PeterWithesShin]

Now say Villa are trying to force Emi out

[Beard82]

His date of birth id 2/9/92.  Hes 32.  Selling him makes no sense apart from for accountants. 

Whoever we get will be a downgrade

[Villan82]

This has floored me.

We have had so much forward momentum since the day he signed. Wasn't expecting it, maybe I was in denial. I thought he would be with us next season.

[SamTheMouse]

I don't want him to go, he's a natural winner and exactly the sort of player we need to compete at the top.

But the reality is that he's not getting any younger, and we have a tricky PSR challenge to meet every season. He also probably fancies one last big payday, for which I wouldn't blame him.

Just as long as he goes abroad.