Emi Martinez says he made the right decision to stay at Aston Villa after a move away from the club didn’t materialise last summer.
Martinez was seen in tears as he waved to Villa Park during the club’s last home game of the season.
A summer of speculation followed, with Manchester United among the reported clubs keen on signing Martinez up until deadline day.
However, Martinez has continued as Villa’s No 1 this season, making 43 appearances and keeping 13 clean sheets as the club look forward to a first European final since 1982.
Asked about staying at the club, after being in tears last season, Martinez said:
I say goodbye, and I cry when I left my family in Argentina to go to England as well. And I’m still with my family nowadays.
“Sometimes football can change; managers can come in and go. In football, people move around the place.
” I have full respect and love for the club, I have a commitment to Aston Villa, I’m a World Cup winner with Aston Villa.
“I won the Golden Gloves with Aston Villa. I will always and forever love this club.
“No matter what. One day I’m gonna retire. So someone else will have to be between the sticks.
“I’m in a European final, we are in the Champions League again. With all the circumstances, the ups and downs, the budget that we had this year. We were the lowest spenders in the Premier League, but we got a top coach.
“We’ve got a top captain. We got a decent core of the team and when we stay together, we fight together, we can beat anybody, so I’m really proud to stay. I made the right choice.”
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