Aston Villa’s Argentinian World cup winning goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez is all set to travel to India this summer as a part of a promotion trip towards early July. This particular news broke out a couple of months ago and now the entire story as to why Emiliano Martinez will visit India is right in front of us.
According to reports, the Argentina International will mark his presence at the Mohun Bagan stadium to look over the club’s infrastructure, meet committee members and also inaugurate a new gate at the stadium which is being named as “Pele-Maradona-Sobers” Gate.
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Argentina international Emiliano Martinez will visit Kolkata's #MohunBagan club on 4th July.#IndianFootball pic.twitter.com/YKTel57R5N
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“Martinez will be felicitated and will also look around the infrastructure of our club and meet some selected members.” – an official statement by the club read.
Mohun Bagan have also slated a 5-member committee to look after Emiliano Martinez during his trip to West Bengal and to also ensure that everything goes smooth. It is not for the first time that West Bengal will be hosting an International footballer and a World cup winner.
World Cup🏆🇦🇷 winner Emiliano Martinez will visit Kolkata on July 4#EmiMartinez #WorldCupWinner #MohunBagan #allindiafootball #kolkata pic.twitter.com/8Csgyk9A1H
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2 great footballing legends who have also won the World cup, Late Brazilian Pele and Late Argentinian Diego Maradona have also visited West Bengal once in their lives. And it for the first time in many decades that a World cup winner will grace the city of Kolkata.
Mohun Bagan can also benefit from the presence of Emiliano Martinez
The Aston Villa goalkeeper not only won the 2022 FIFA World cup at Qatar but also ended up bagging the Golden Glove award for producing prolific Goal keeping performances throughout the tournament. Emiliano Martinez can definitely help Mohun Bagan who are currently the reigning champions of the Indian Super League.
Martinez has immense experience and the Bengal based club can take his inputs as to how can they improve the performance of their players and which different drills can help upcoming Indian Goalkeepers.
