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Chelsea in talks with Emiliano Martínez’s camp and braced for Enzo Fernández bid

The Guardian Sport · 26 August 2026 at 16:18

Chelsea in talks with Emiliano Martínez’s camp and braced for Enzo Fernández bid

Experienced goalkeeper wants to leave Aston Villa Manchester City expected to push for midfielder Chelsea have been offered Emiliano Martínez and are considering making a bid for the goalkeeper.

The club are in talks with Martínez’s camp and are braced for a bid from Manchester City for the World Cup winner’s Argentina teammate Enzo Fernández.

Martínez has told Aston Villa he wants to leave but a move to Juventus collapsed last week after Villa had signed his replacement, Zion Suzuki , from Parma for £30m.

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