Man United exploring move for World Cup winner to end goalkeeper nightmare

Manchester United are exploring a transfer for Aston Villa goalkeeper Emi Martinez, talkSPORT understands.

A deal for the Argentine World Cup winner depends on United’s ongoing pursuit of Royal Antwerp stopper Senne Lammens.

The Crimson Devils don’t plan to signal each.

Amid the hypothesis, Martinez was omitted from Aston Villa’s squad for the go to of Crystal Palace on Sunday night.

United have been stricken by unhealthy performances in aim for a lot of Ruben Amorim’s tenure.

Altay Bayindir was at fault for Riccardo Calafiori’s matchwinner of their opening sport of the season, whereas Andre Onana was the face of humiliation in opposition to League Two facet Grimsby within the Carabao Cup second spherical.

Martinez, in the meantime, performed a key position in getting Villa again into the Champions League after which to the quarter-finals, whereas he’s grow to be Argentina’s undisputed No.1 of their new period of dominance.

The 32-year-old has backstopped the Albiceleste to back-to-back Copa America wins, both facet of starring of their 2022 World Cup triumph.

Such success introduced Martinez two Yashin Trophies, the premier particular person award for goalkeepers handed out on the Ballon d’Or ceremony.

These achievements clearly heightened his ambitions, with the shot-stopper bidding a teary farewell to Villa followers on the finish of the 2024/25 season following their failure to qualify for the Champions League.

But a again into Europe’s high tier competitors didn’t materialise, and the lure of United’s stature as one of many world’s greatest sports activities groups could as a substitute suffice.

United earlier regarded to have discovered an answer within the form of Antwerp’s Lammens, however that deal seems to be no nearer to a decision.

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The 23-year-old has been disregarded of his crew’s final two league matches amid hypothesis over an Previous Trafford change.

talkSPORT first reported Manchester United’s curiosity in Lammens in July with a charge of £17million quoted.

Nonetheless, he was initially seen as a back-up choice to Onana, a task which will have been reconsidered after the Cameroonian’s horror begin.

Onana was at fault for each targets in United’s 2-2 Carabao Cup defeat to Grimsby which was selected penalties the place he additionally didn’t make a number of saves regardless of getting a glove on the ball.

Amorim was questioned in regards to the goalkeeper particularly post-match, however refused to single anybody out.

“I feel one thing has to alter. On this second, we have to concentrate on the weekend [against Burnley] after which we now have time to assume,” he mentioned in response.

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“Within the first half, I instructed them that they had been talking actually loud to me: ‘I perceive what you might be doing, what I’m seeing. Let’s attempt to change that within the 45 minutes’.

“It isn’t the goalkeepers. It is greater than that. It is everybody. Thanks.”

Regardless of his feedback, Bayindir was once more at fault for an additional aim in opposition to Burnley and Amorim needed to put up one other defence.

“They’re people. At Manchester United, all the pieces is analysed,” he mentioned after the edgy 3-2 win.

“All people talks in regards to the goalkeeper. And you’ll see, I can change the goalkeeper and these conditions hold occurring. We’re in that second.

“I feel it’s arduous to be a Manchester United goalkeeper on this second. However should you have a look at the primary aim, we are able to defend it higher.

“We suffered a fairly comparable aim in opposition to Fulham, as a result of we do not do the total rotation of the crew when the ball is on the opposite facet.

“All these small issues don’t have anything to do with the goalkeeper.”