The last day of the transfer window is often a cruel theater. And this summer, the main role of the most tragicomic play was held by Emiliano Martinez. The Argentinian goalkeeper, world champion and executioner of the Blues in 2022, spent his day waiting for a call from Manchester United. A call that never came. According to The Athletiche would have even asked his compatriot Lisandro Martinez to plead his cause with Mancunian leaders. In vain.
Double penalty for Emiliano Martinez
Not only did Manchester ended up recruiting another goalkeeper, the Belgian Senne Lammens, but “Dibu” Martinez finds himself today in a situation that he had absolutely not anticipated. Convinced of his departure, he had barely masked farewell to the Aston Villa supporters at the end of last season. Problem: his club did not appreciate the merry -go -round. Unai Emery was very clear: her confidence is now going to Marco Bizot, who will be his number one. Martinez is asked to sit on the bench.
It is a real humiliation for a player of his status. From national hero to pariah in his own club, the fall is dizzying. Unwanted in Manchester who did not want to align himself with his salary and the price of his transfer, he is now undesirable to Aston Villa who found him a replacement. Here he is stuck, to wax the bench until further notice.
Snobé by Manchester, released by his club: the nightmare of Emiliano Martinez
Has Karma struck?
This situation will not fail to make you smile in France. Many have not forgotten his provocations and his simagaries after the World Cup final in Qatar. Seeing him today in such an impasse is looking back from the stick, of “karma”, as some would say. The character, so sure of himself, so arrogant sometimes, finds himself caught in his own game.
Of course, you should never bury a champion of his caliber. This test could feed his thirst for revenge and make him even more formidable. But for the moment, Emiliano Martinez is the great loser of this transfer window. He wanted Old Trafford's “Theater of Dreams”, he inherited from Villa Park's bench. A lesson in humility, perhaps. And proof that in football, the wheel still turns. Very quickly.
