Emiliano Martinez’s homeland of Argentina have been busy waxing lyrical about him amid his incredible start to life at Aston Villa.
Marca Argentina recently wrote a very complimentary article about the 28-year-old, in which an interesting statistic was revealed.
The South American news outlet claim that Martinez is on the verge of breaking a club record at Villa Park.
If the former Arsenal shot-stopper records five more clean sheets, he will break the record for most shutouts by a Villans glovesman in Premier League history.
Seeing as the Mar del Plata-born goalkeeper has 17 Premier League games left of the current campaign, he looks likely to reach the historical feat.
If Martinez can achieve the groundbreaking figure, it will be nothing more than he deserves.
He has been simply colossal since arriving from Arsenal for £17 million.
No goalkeeper in England’s top-flight has recorded more clean sheets than his 11 shutouts apart from Manchester City glovesman Ederson.
The most recent of those happened to come against his former side, as he shone in a 1-0 win over the Gunners.
After that game, Dean Smith heaped praise on his No.1, describing him as ‘excellent’ to the club’s official Twitter account.
He has added a steely presence to Villa’s backline, and seems to have instilled added belief and confidence in the likes of Tyrone Mings and Ezri Konsa.
We may have much of the season remaining, although Martinez is surely in the conversation for signing of the season.
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