Farewell to the game? Villa goalkeeper burst into tears after the game. The two giants invited him to leave the team this summer.

In the early morning of May 17, a focus battle was staged in the 37th round of the 2024/25 Premier League. Aston Villa easily defeated the visiting Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 at home, surpassing Manchester City to rise to fifth place in the standings. In this game, Argentina's national goalkeeper Damian Martinez started the game and played the whole game. And when he left the court after the game, he couldn't help but burst into tears. Because, it is very likely that Martin will appear at Villa Park Stadium as a home team player.

Before this game, Villa won two consecutive Premier League wins and continued to maintain his hope of reaching the top 5 of the Premier League. In this game, facing Tottenham Hotspur, who is about to play in the UEFA Cup final, Villa, who is the main force, firmly grasps the initiative in the game. Although he failed to score in the first half, Consa and Kamala's goals in the second half still allowed Villa to play a 2-0 victory at home.

In this game, Tottenham only had bleak data of 3 shots and 1 point-of-mine, which also made Martin look very leisurely in the whole game. After the game, Aston Villa's players held a thank-you ceremony as usual and said goodbye to the fans who accompanied the team for a season. Martinez, the Big Big, seemed very excited. He burst into tears and cried for several minutes. A reporter described it as saying: "It seems that he is trying to feel the atmosphere of every moment in Villa Park."

32-year-old Damian Martinez is the main goalkeeper of the Argentina national team. From Argentina's independent competitive youth training, he was signed by Premier League Gunners Arsenal for 1.5 million euros as early as July 2010. However, Martin did not gain a foothold in the Emirates Stadium, but was constantly loaned out, leaving his own footprints on teams such as Sheriff Wednesday, Rotherham, Wolves, Getafe and Reading. In September 2020, Aston Villa brought him to Villa Park Stadium for 17.4 million euros, and Martin finally had a stable development platform.

As of now, Martin has played in total 211 games for Villa and contributed 69 clean sheets. The season before he joined, Villa only won 17th place in the Premier League, relegated with a slight advantage of 1 point. In the first season of Martin, Villa's ranking rose to 11th in the Premier League, and the Premier League conceded sharply dropped from 67 to 46 goals. In the 2022/23 season, Villa won the 7th place in the Premier League and successfully qualified for the European Union. Last season, Villa even entered the top four in the Premier League and successfully entered the Champions League this season.

This season, Villa not only continued to perform well in the Premier League, but also reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League, not losing to the semi-finals with a slight disadvantage with a 4-5 win. Although Martin lost the ball due to a mistake in the second leg, his 13 saves in two legions is still impressive.

However, although the contract with Villa will expire in the summer of 2029, because Villa faces considerable financial pressure, they must complete an important sale transaction before June 30 to meet the Premier League's financial regulations. Although Martin still had a long appointment, he was inevitably put on the shelves by Vera. Head coach Emery believes that if a younger and more capable goalkeeper can be introduced, Martin can be sold.

Martin is still full of emotions for this team that has played for five seasons. It is the main position provided by Villa that has given him a stable development platform, thus gaining a foothold in the Argentine national team, and won the 2022 World Cup and 2 Copa America championships as the main goalkeeper. Therefore, even if it is to be sold, Martin fully understands the old boss's difficulties and accepts reality. The tears when he was about to die were enough to show his reluctance to Vila.

According to Argentine media TYC, Martin received a offer from Saudi Arabia, and two top European teams are also interested in him. However, in order to better prepare for the 2026 US, Canada and Mexico World Cup, Martin will not choose to go to Saudi Arabia to earn a high salary, but will continue to play in the five major European leagues. As for which team he will fight for next season, we can only wait and see.