Article by Daniel Grigore – published Tuesday, September 2, 2025, 08:35 / Updated Tuesday, September 2, 2025 08:35
Emiliano Martinez, 33, the goalkeeper of the World Champion Argentina and Aston Villa, waited for Monday for Manchester United to make an official offer to get the services. Finally, the interest of the “red devils” has not materialized in a concrete proposal.
At the beginning of the transfer period, Manchester United did not think that he would need reinforcements between the goals, but the Bayindir – Onana couple's performances in the first few matches caused alarm on Old Trafford.
In the last days of Mercato, closed on Monday night in the Premier League, United looked for a goalkeeper to give more peace and had two names on the list: Senne Lammens from Royal Antwerp and Emiliano Martinez from Aston Villa.
The first is a promising Belgian goalkeeper, who in July was 23 years old. The latter, the goalkeeper of the World Champion, constantly nominated in recent years at the individual award granted to the best goalkeeper in the world.
Emiliano Martinez has been waiting for Manchester United's offer all day, but this has not come!
Martinez wanted to change the landscape this summer and seemed to say goodbye to Aston Villa's supporters at the end of the previous season. Wanted to reach Old Trafford and even He asked a teammate from the national team, central defender Lisandro Martinez, to lobby for him at Manchester United.
Lisandro complied, coach Ruben Amorim was delighted by the idea, considering that Martinez's powerful character would help the locker room, but the transfer did not work anymore.
Not because the clubs did not understand – United did not even send an official offer, preferring to pay 21 million euros to Senne Lammenswho signed a 5 -year contract with the Manchester team.
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– Manchester United (@manutd) September 1, 2025
Lammens was cheaper
Why was Martinez's Belgian preferred? For financial reasons, according to The Athletic.
Villa would have requested over 35 million euros, and Martinez's salary is a huge one, over andre Onana receives Old Trafford. In view of United's finances, it would have been impossible for these claims to be satisfied.
Now, for Martinez, he remains to continue under the command of UNAI Emery at Aston Villa, seeking to regain the confidence of supporters, coach and colleagues.
In stage 3, the Argentinian was not even part of the lot, in the gate being used the Dutch Marco Bizot.
