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Emiliano Martínez finally gets his Villa exit with £7.5m move to Chelsea

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Chelsea have completed the signing of goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez from Aston Villa for a fee of £7.5 million. The 33-year-old Argentinian international is expected to become the club's primary goalkeeper, displacing Robert Sánchez in the starting lineup.

The transfer concludes a long-standing period of uncertainty regarding Martínez's future at Aston Villa, where he had been seeking a departure for the past two summers. Martínez stated that the decision to join Chelsea was straightforward.

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