Chelsea Agree Deal for Aston Villa's Martinez

World Cup winner Emiliano Martinez is set to join Chelsea after a breakthrough in negotiations.

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What happened. Chelsea have reached an agreement with Aston Villa to sign goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez.

• Martinez is a World Cup winner with Argentina.
• He is described as a veteran goalkeeper.
• The deal was reported by GiveMeSport.

Martinez will likely become Chelsea's new number one under manager Alonso.

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