Dibu Martínez and his glory days: furor in Mar del Plata and a European giant behind his passage

His save in the final moments of the second overtime by Argentina 3 – France 3 was fundamental for the definition until the penalties and there the national team was crowned for the third time in history. Three days after the maximum goal that a footballer can reach, Emiliano Martinez is in the crosshairs of one of the giants of world football.

although the I drew He has a contract until 2027 with astonvilleclub he joined in 2020 after playing just 38 times in eight years at Arsenal, the Mar del Plata man’s desire is to move up the level and face a club that is competing for the Champions League, a tournament he has never played. And to pursue that desire, there seems to be no better club than Bayern Monaco.

While the German club is desperately looking for a replacement for the injured Manuel Neuerwho broke his leg skiing on holiday, the Golden Glove’s future at the Qatar 2022 World Cup would not be at Aston Villa, as suggested by his manager, Gustavo Goñi.

“Today there are few teams that can afford a goalkeeper like him.He stated this in a conversation with the Italian newspaper TuttoMercatoWeb, who asked him if Dibu will move to Serie A, where other Argentine world champions play, such as Ángel Di María, Leandro Paredes (Juventus) and Paulo Dybala (Roma).

When the Italian championship was suggested to him, Goñi clarified: “Definitely aiming high for the Champions League”.

In this sense, Germany seems to have been the ideal destination ever since Bayern Munich is the local soccer champion and also the third club with the most Champions League, behind Real Madrid and Milan. After the last one made in 2020, he has six, the same number as Liverpool.

While the German club did not refer to the 30-year-old goalkeeper, they stressed that the search to replace Neuer, who will miss the rest of the season, is urgent. “It is important for the team to find the best possible short-term solution”explained the sporting director, Hasan Salihamidzic, in statements to the Dpa agency.

The first leg of the Champions League round of 16 for Bayern Munich will be played on February 14 against Lionel Messi’s Paris Saint Germain in Pariswhile the rematch is scheduled for March 8 in Germany.

For now, the goalkeeper is sven ulreich, 34, but the club feels it needs to strengthen its position. ANDAmong the candidates are the Swiss Yann Sommer (Borussia Monchengladbach), the Moroccan Bono (Seville), the Croatian Dominik Livakovic (Dinamo Zagreb) and the Costa Rican Keylor Navas (PSG).. Although they are all goalkeepers for their respective national teams, according to Sky Sports, Bayern Munich can give the only one of them who was champion in Doha a chance.

Rest in Mar Del Plata

Meanwhile, the Dibu Martínez rest with his family. Although Aston Villa will return to action on 26 December when they play Liverpool at home, it is unknown whether the Argentinian will return in time to participate.

After spending less than 48 hours in Buenos Aires, where the celebrations for the 26 world champions took place in the streets of the City, the goalkeeper arrived in Mar del Plata on Tuesday evening after an amazing helicopter trip to the Churruca hospital of Parque Patricios to get on a car bound for the Happy city.

In Mar del Plata they were ready to receive him. In fact, some fans placed a blow-up in the place where a councilor proposed to build a bronze statue of the archer.

The image with the goalkeeper dressed in the clothes of the national team on parade is in Astor Piazzolla square, under the arch that was built for the Summit of the Americas in 2005, located near via Corrientes between Diagonales Alberdi North and South.

As for the official celebrations, the 0223 site reported that Dibu will rest this Wednesday at his home in the Rumencó private neighborhood and Thursday will be awarded at the Arena Fest, the fan fest where Mar del Plata has spent all the matches of the national team. It is a structure located in the Las Toscas area, a few meters from the Rambla, so a crowded environment is foreseen to entertain a footballer who, thanks to his saves, will enter the great history of this city.