hippo Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/12611741/arsenal-martinez-transfer-aston-villa-brentford-raya/ "ASTON VILLA have launched a £20million bid for Arsenal keeper Emiliano Martinez -" Would love to see this one come to fruition - would arsenal sell and could we afford his wages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheltenham_villa Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Not sure he would be first choice when Heaton is fit, does this suggest Heatons injury is much worse than thought? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicho Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Really don’t see the need to spend big on a keeper. A loan for Romero or indeed Martinez suits us. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 1 minute ago, cheltenham_villa said: Not sure he would be first choice when Heaton is fit, does this suggest Heatons injury is much worse than thought? Martinez is 27 - Heaton is 34 - and with big injuries in his last 2 seasons. As things stand Steer looks to be starting keeper v Sheff Utd - no problem with that but Steer is also injury prone. This could be a chance to get a keeper in who's best years are ahead of him. If in the short term Heaton proves to be the better keeper - I wouldn't imagine it would be for long. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 6 minutes ago, cheltenham_villa said: Not sure he would be first choice when Heaton is fit, does this suggest Heatons injury is much worse than thought? Heaton has said himself he won't be back until mid October so we need a keeper for first 3-4 games and clearly the exisiting options aren'r favoured (personally I'd give Steer a run). That said I was hugely impressed by Martinez in the run in last season and he played very well against Liverpool the other week. Worth remembering Heaton got injured at Burnley and then spent six months bench warming behind Joe Hart so a top pro like him won't spit his dummy out if he dosen't get straight back in. He'll bide his time, play in the cups and continue to train well. Hope we can pull this one off, I'd say it would be a coup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 1 minute ago, hippo said: Martinez is 27 - Heaton is 34 - and with big injuries in his last 2 seasons. As things stand Steer looks to be starting keeper v Sheff Utd - no problem with that but Steer is also injury prone. This could be a chance to get a keeper in who's best years are ahead of him. If in the short term Heaton proves to be the better keeper - I wouldn't imagine it would be for long. Nyland has played the friendlies no, saved a penalty as well I think. Think he's ahead of Steer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Okonokos Posted September 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 8, 2020 Apparently he's rejected a new contract. Really think this one will happen. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheltenham_villa Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, hippo said: Martinez is 27 - Heaton is 34 - and with big injuries in his last 2 seasons. As things stand Steer looks to be starting keeper v Sheff Utd - no problem with that but Steer is also injury prone. This could be a chance to get a keeper in who's best years are ahead of him. If in the short term Heaton proves to be the better keeper - I wouldn't imagine it would be for long. Hadnt appreciated the age gap which makes a case, I just didnt see it as a priority area and 20m at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted September 8, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 8, 2020 8 minutes ago, Nicho said: Really don’t see the need to spend big on a keeper. Nails a position we have struggled with for years - for the long term future - will be a pillar of the team going forwards. £20mill? That tells me NSWE are building something substantial - personally I think it's exciting. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okonokos Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Heaton won't be fit until the new year probably. We need a GK. Steer should look for first team football elsewhere and Kalinic and Nyland simply aren't good enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted September 8, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 8, 2020 4 minutes ago, Okonokos said: Apparently he's rejected a new contract. Really think this one will happen. From The Times. Hopefully we can tempt him. Hardest part might be Arsenal wanting to sell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, cheltenham_villa said: Hadnt appreciated the age gap which makes a case, I just didnt see it as a priority area and 20m at that. I chuck £200m at it , rather than risk Nyland turning out for us - thats just throwing points away..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 tbh, i would like us to get Martinez, but i also find it really strange, Martinez would only come here to be no1, if thats the case is Heaton going to be no2?, also cant see him being happy with that? I know Heaton is injured and we dont know how his recovery and future injuries might pan out, but still.........we will have two no1 goalkeepers, both of whom would expect to be no1 i would think. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Martinez would be a good signing! Heaton will be on the decline just as Martinez is coming into his peak. He might be understudy for a year to Heaton, or he might even be considered better than Heaton. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciggiesnbeer Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 If true I understand. We just cant concede as many goals next season and we cant be sentimental. Kills me to be spending even more bloody money on goalkeepers but I understand why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 I thought we had signed the guy. If we must do this new thing of starting a thread for a player based on a rumour, could we at least put `speculation' in the title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicho Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 11 minutes ago, Jareth said: Nails a position we have struggled with for years - for the long term future - will be a pillar of the team going forwards. £20mill? That tells me NSWE are building something substantial - personally I think it's exciting. I thought he was 32 for some reason 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 4 minutes ago, MaVilla said: tbh, i would like us to get Martinez, but i also find it really strange, Martinez would only come here to be no1, if thats the case is Heaton going to be no2?, also cant see him being happy with that? I know Heaton is injured and we dont know how his recovery and future injuries might pan out, but still.........we will have two no1 goalkeepers, both of whom would expect to be no1 i would think. Right now Heaton is injured. Steer is also recovering from Injury - Nyland would just gift the opposition points. Martinez solves all those problems - and at 27 could be a top keeper for a while. Having two number 1's we can deal with later down the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 8, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 8, 2020 Just now, AntrimBlack said: I thought we had signed the guy. If we must do this new thing of starting a thread for a player based on a rumour, could we at least put `speculation' in the title. It's not new. It's always been the case that if there's a proper article or something linking us to a player they get a thread. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 6 minutes ago, MaVilla said: tbh, i would like us to get Martinez, but i also find it really strange, Martinez would only come here to be no1, if thats the case is Heaton going to be no2?, also cant see him being happy with that? I know Heaton is injured and we dont know how his recovery and future injuries might pan out, but still.........we will have two no1 goalkeepers, both of whom would expect to be no1 i would think. I'm sure he has something to wipe the tears away 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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