Chelsea sign World Cup-winning goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez from Aston Villa

[p]The experienced Argentine international has penned a three-year contract in West London.[/p][p]"I’m delighted to be at this football club," [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/martinez-emiliano/ziCcc5jM/"]Martinez[/a] said upon his unveiling. [b]"Coming to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chelsea/4fGZN2oK/"]Chelsea[/a], for me and my family, was an easy decision to make and I’m just over the moon - I can’t wait to get started.[/b][/p][p][b]"I want to be successful here. I'm someone who wants to win at everything I do, and I want to bring that here to this football club because it’s a football club that wins titles, so I think it’s a good match.[/b][/p][p]"I’m all passion, and I play with my heart. I will give 100 per cent every game, every training session to make the club, my teammates and the supporters proud."[/p][embed guid="5c8b1f23-2181-42b6-8a4a-9154e0b61ae7" url="https://x.com/ChelseaFC/status/2093976263929319616?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Chelsea acted quickly to bring in Martinez after an error-strewn display from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sanchez-robert/Q74F6aqr/"]Robert Sanchez[/a] in their season-opening win at Fulham.[/p][p]The 33-year-old was considered available for transfer by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/aston-villa/W00wmLO0/"]Villa[/a] after signing Japan goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/suzuki-zion/4bDDVvmT/"]Zion Suzuki[/a] from Parma.[/p][p]Martinez made 256 appearances for Villa since joining from Arsenal in September 2020 and emerged as a significant figure at the club.[/p][p]He started in the Europa League final last season as Villa beat Freiburg to win their first major trophy in 30 years.[/p][p]A World Cup winner and two-time Copa America champion, Martinez has 67 [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/argentina/f9OppQjp/"]Argentina[/a] caps to his name.[/p][infobox id="a26dc69f-5d29-48c9-8d0f-786c18f76a2b" /]