TOTTENHAM are reportedly lining-up a swoop to bring a former Arsenal star to the club this summer.
As SunSport reported at the weekend, Spurs are preparing to change their goalkeeper with 36-year-old s kipper Hugo Lloris’ days numbered.
They want to snap up England No 1 Jordan Pickford — despite Everton tying him down to a new long-term deal.
However, we also revealed that they are also keen on Aston Villa’s Emi Martinez.
Now a fresh update from journalist Gaston Edul has backed up our story.
He tweeted: “Tottenham have specific interest in Martinez and may make an offer in the coming weeks.”
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The 30-year-old spent a decade at Spurs’ bitter North London rivals Arsenal and helped them to FA Cup success after finally getting his chance in the first-team.
However, he switched to Villa in 2020 in a £20m deal and has gone from strength-to-strength.
The star won Fifa’s World goalkeeper of the year after lifting the World Cup with Argentina in December.
And that followed the Copa America success from 2021 with the South American nation.
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However, he was slammed by Villa boss Unai Emery for his role in the loss to Arsenal last month.
But Martinez has shot down rumours of a rift between himself and manager Emery and claimed speculation linking him with a move this summer is wide of the mark.
Emery was also Martinez’s manager at Arsenal but overlooked his No3 keeper at that time.
However Martinez praised his Spanish boss, despite Emery criticising his decision to go up for a late corner against Arsenal recently, which cost his side a stoppage time goal in a 4-2 home defeat.
The Argentine No1 clearly doesn’t hold a grudge and said recently: “We’ve got one of the best managers for winning things in Europe. So I’m up for the challenge.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
