Martinez joins the London membership on a reported three-year deal price $10m after spending 5 years at Villa.
Printed On 30 Aug 2026
Argentina’s World Cup 2022-winning goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez has joined Chelsea from fellow Premier League outfit Aston Villa, the London-based membership introduced.
“I’m all ardour, and I play with my coronary heart. I’ll give one hundred pc each recreation, each coaching session to make the membership, my teammates, and the supporters proud,” Martinez mentioned in an announcement revealed on Chelsea’s web site on Sunday.
The 33-year-old has signed a three-year contract with Chelsea, following a deal price 7.5 million kilos ($10m), based on British media.
Martinez returns to London, the place he started his skilled profession with Arsenal, although he by no means established himself as a first-team common there.
Following a sequence of mortgage spells away from the Emirates Stadium, Martinez joined Villa in 2020 and went on to make greater than 250 appearances.
He was a key participant in Unai Emery’s Europa League-winning squad final season.
With the arrival of the flamboyant shot-stopper, new supervisor Xabi Alonso will hope he has lastly discovered the answer to Chelsea’s difficulties in that place in recent times.
Robert Sanchez, the present custodian of Chelsea’s primary goalkeeper’s shirt, as soon as once more got here underneath criticism following a 3-2 victory over native rivals Fulham to open their Premier League marketing campaign on Monday.
Martinez is the second participant to maneuver between the Blues and Villa this summer time after striker Nicolas Jackson moved from the capital to Birmingham on Friday.
However his departure follows that of different Villa Park stalwarts, resembling Lucas Digne, Ezri Konsa, Youri Tielemans, Morgan Rogers, and Ollie Watkins.
Martinez’s departure, nevertheless, was anticipated, with 24-year-old Japanese goalkeeper Zion Suzuki becoming a member of the facet earlier within the switch window.
