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Offline Legion

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Re: Emi Martinez
« Reply #8565 on: September 01, 2025, 12:57:16 PM »

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Re: Emi Martinez
« Reply #8566 on: September 01, 2025, 12:57:18 PM »
When both  Gareth Barry and Jack Grealish couldn't get the moves they wanted they returned, sulked for a short time then knuckled  down and performed to their highest ability.  Providing he's still here tomorrow, that is the example Martinez needs to follow.

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Re: Emi Martinez
« Reply #8567 on: September 01, 2025, 12:58:04 PM »
I don’t really give a toss if he wanted away, he’s our best keeper. Straight back into the team for me.

Exactly.
Yep. Best outcome right now is that he stays & goes straight back in to the first team. He’s a great player and I’m chuffed he’s staying for whatever reason.

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Re: Emi Martinez
« Reply #8568 on: September 01, 2025, 12:58:10 PM »
Is this guy credible?

He's got 15k followers on X. I wouldn't be buying the 'Sorry you're leaving' cards just yet.

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Re: Emi Martinez
« Reply #8569 on: September 01, 2025, 12:58:23 PM »
We should absolutely not let him go on the cheap. If he was that set on leaving he could have told us in July and not had us pay him for two matches he wasn't available/couldn't be arsed to play in.

£40 million is the fee, don't take a penny less.

I agree, he shouldn't be rewarded for this. The club shouldn't have let it get to this either so all a bit of a dogs breakfast.

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Re: Emi Martinez
« Reply #8570 on: September 01, 2025, 12:58:46 PM »
United played Emi and Monchi like a fiddle and brought unrest on the club in doing so.

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Re: Emi Martinez
« Reply #8571 on: September 01, 2025, 12:59:10 PM »
Seems be increasing noise around him going to Galatasaray now, what a mess.
If he goes there, the tussle against Jhon Duran will be interesting in the Fenerbache derby...

He can't possibly stay here now after everything that's happened, surely? What's happened about Costa?

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Re: Emi Martinez
« Reply #8572 on: September 01, 2025, 12:59:25 PM »
When both  Gareth Barry and Jack Grealish couldn't get the moves they wanted they returned, sulked for a short time then knuckled  down and performed to their highest ability.  Providing he's still here tomorrow, that is the example Martinez needs to follow.

Exactly and they got for them better moves a year or two later.

Problem is does any 'big' team in Europe see his as a significant upgrade? He's been largely brilliant for us but was poor at times last season.

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Re: Emi Martinez
« Reply #8573 on: September 01, 2025, 12:59:31 PM »
That's a long drive for his Mrs to go to her shops in and around Brum...

I can only imagine the conversations in their house tonight.


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Re: Emi Martinez
« Reply #8574 on: September 01, 2025, 01:00:02 PM »
Garry Barry was every bit as vocal about moving to Liverpool. He didn’t get his move and had a magnificent season. No reason Emi can’t do the same.

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Re: Emi Martinez
« Reply #8575 on: September 01, 2025, 01:00:18 PM »
Martinez has been played like a bitch by united

No sympathy  whatsoever for him

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Re: Emi Martinez
« Reply #8576 on: September 01, 2025, 01:01:36 PM »
Tell clubs it's 40m, and it goes up a million every half an hour they piss about.

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Re: Emi Martinez
« Reply #8577 on: September 01, 2025, 01:02:04 PM »
He can't possibly stay here now after everything that's happened, surely?

I don't see why not, he's not said anything publicly and can easily say 'I was prepared to play against Palace but wasn't picked'

All seems pretty avoidable and unnecessary, but not unrecoverable, at least until the next window.

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Re: Emi Martinez
« Reply #8578 on: September 01, 2025, 01:02:57 PM »
Garry Barry was every bit as vocal about moving to Liverpool. He didn’t get his move and had a magnificent season. No reason Emi can’t do the same.

I remember when the Liverpool thing was going, we played Man City at our place, and to the tune of London Bridge, the Man City fans were singing "Gareth Barry thinks you're shit, he loves Scousers" which I thought was quite witty at the time.

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Re: Emi Martinez
« Reply #8579 on: September 01, 2025, 01:03:11 PM »
There might have been too much damage caused for him to be able to play for us again.

 


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