Transfer: Why I rejected other offers to join Chelsea – Emi Martinez

Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez has said that helium rejected ‘other offers’ successful favour of a determination to Chelsea.

The World Cup victor completed a determination to Stamford Bridge aft Chelsea agreed a £7.5m woody with Aston Villa.

Chelsea looked acceptable to enactment their religion successful Robert Sanchez again this season, but nine chiefs made a U-turn aft his shaky show successful the Premier League opener against Fulham.

Martinez, who joined Aston Villa six years agone successful a £20m woody from Arsenal, had been pushing for a determination distant from the Midlands nine each summer.

Villa sanctioned the Argentine’s exit aft signing Japanese goalkeeper Zion Suzuki from Parma astatine the commencement of the month.

Martinez was adjacent to joining Juventus earlier successful the model and rejected offers from different clubs successful favour of a determination to westbound London.

According to The Guardian, 33-year-old Martinez rapidly made Chelsea his first-choice enactment arsenic helium was keen to play nether Liverpool and Real Madrid fable Xabi Alonso.

Speaking astir his move, Martinez told Chelsea’s authoritative website: “I’m delighted to beryllium astatine this shot club.

“Coming to Chelsea, for maine and my family, was an casual determination to marque and I’m conscionable implicit the satellite – I can’t hold to get started.

“I privation to beryllium palmy here. I’m idiosyncratic who wants to triumph astatine everything I bash and I privation to bring that present to...