{"id":625567,"date":"2023-07-25T06:11:52","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T10:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=625567"},"modified":"2023-07-25T06:11:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T10:11:52","slug":"inter-milan-emiliano-martinez-bid-rejected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/25\/inter-milan-emiliano-martinez-bid-rejected\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa Receive Laughable Transfer Bid from European Giants &#8211; Respond Immediately"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Inter Milan have now officially entered the race to secure the signature of Aston Villa goalkeeper, Emiliano Martinez. The Italian giants have made a \u00a313 million bid for the Argentine shot-stopper, which was swiftly rejected by Aston Villa, according to journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gastonedul\/status\/1683518566044246028?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gaston Edul<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, according to Edul, Inter Milan are not deterred and are planning to submit a higher offer in the coming days. Talks with Mart\u00ednez&#8217;s representatives have already commenced.<\/p>\n<h2>Inter Milan in Talks for Aston Villa Goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez<\/h2>\n<h3>The Latest on Emiliano Martinez to Inter Milan<\/h3>\n<p>It was reported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-11775267\/Aston-Villa-listen-offers-Emiliano-Martinez-summer-demand-high-price.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daily Mail<\/a> back in February that the player desires a move to a Champions League club seemingly opening himself up for offers, making him one of the most sought-after goalkeepers in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Gaston Edul confirmed Inter Milan&#8217;s interest in Mart\u00ednez, stating that they have already offered \u00a313 million but as we now know, this was rejected. However, now they plan to make another \u201chigher proposal\u201d. We can only presume this deal still has a way to go with Edul reminding fans that he is \u201cstill in pre-season with Aston Villa\u201d as things stand.<\/p>\n<p>The \u00a313 million offer becomes laughable when you consider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/tottenham-60m-deal-daniel-levy-conte-transfer-rumours\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports<\/a> from March of this year that Villa wanted a figure close to \u00a360 million to sell the Argentine shot-stopper.<\/p>\n<p>Mart\u00ednez&#8217;s value has soared since his move from <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/22\/thomas-partey-importance-to-arsenal-mikel-arteta\/\" target=\"_self\">Arsenal<\/a> to Aston Villa in 2020. The 30-year-old has been in sensational form both in the Premier League and on the international stage, helping Argentina claim the coveted <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/24\/2023-womens-world-cup-early-observations\/\" target=\"_self\">World Cup<\/a> trophy at Qatar 2022.<\/p>\n<p>With his stellar performances, Mart\u00ednez has set his sights on testing himself at the highest level, particularly in the Champions League.<\/p>\n<h3>Goalkeeper Has Villa Contract Until 2027<\/h3>\n<p>Despite being tied to a contract at Villa Park until 2027, the Argentine goalkeeper appears keen on a move to a Champions League club with the Daily Mail even suggesting he &#8220;could push&#8221; for a move away this summer.<\/p>\n<p>His desire to play at the highest level, coupled with his impressive track record, has clearly piqued the interest of top clubs across Europe with Inter the latest to get involved.<\/p>\n<p>Villa, who signed Mart\u00ednez for a bargain \u00a316 million in 2020, are poised to make a significant profit in any sort of future deal.<\/p>\n<p>Main image credit: Yukihito Taguchi-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inter Milan have now officially entered the race to secure the signature of Aston Villa goalkeeper, Emiliano Martinez. The Italian giants have made a \u00a313 million bid for the Argentine shot-stopper, which was swiftly rejected by Aston Villa, according to journalist Gaston Edul. However, according to Edul, Inter Milan are not deterred and are planning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4766,"featured_media":625597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,3838,8438,7188,5],"tags":[9848,3660,9356],"class_list":["post-625567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-aston-villa","category-inter-milan","category-rumours","category-serie-a","tag-aston-villa-transfer-rumours","tag-emiliano-martinez","tag-inter-milan-transfer-rumours"],"modified_by":"Joseph Howes, Site Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4766"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}