Martinez is eighth Chelsea-Villa deal in four years

Chelsea person signed Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez from Aston Villa for £7.5m - the eighth woody betwixt the 2 clubs successful the past 4 years.

The 33-year-old, who won the World Cup successful 2022, has moved to Stamford Bridge connected a three-year deal.

Former Arsenal goalkeeper Martinez joined Villa successful 2020 and made 256 appearances, helping the nine triumph the Europa League past season.

"I'm delighted to beryllium astatine this shot club," Martinez said.

"Coming to Chelsea, for maine and my family, was an casual determination to marque and I'm conscionable implicit the satellite - I can't hold to get started.

'I privation to beryllium palmy here. I'm idiosyncratic who wants to triumph astatine everything I bash and I privation to bring that present to this shot nine due to the fact that it's a shot nine that wins titles, truthful I deliberation it's a bully match."

Martinez's determination to Chelsea comes aft Nicolas Jackson's transportation the different way past week.

No 2 Premier League clubs person exchanged much players, connected imperishable oregon indebtedness deals, successful the past 4 years.

The narration began aft Chelsea's owners, BlueCo, took power of the nine successful 2022 and signed Carney Chukwuemeka from Villa for £20m that summer. Ian Maatsen (£37.5m, to Villa), Omari Kellyman (£19m, to Chelsea) and Axel Disasi (a £5m indebtedness deal, to Villa) subsequently moved betwixt the clubs.

This summertime unsocial has brought 4 much deals. Morgan Rogers completed a £117m determination Chelsea, portion Alejandro Garnacho joined Villa connected indebtedness with a conditional work to bargain successful a woody worthy astir £43m.

Jackson past moved to Villa for £65m, earlier Martinez followed.

Since 2022, Chelsea person paid Aston Villa £163.5m for players. Villa person spent £102.5m connected Chelsea players including Axel Disasi's indebtedness fee. That fig could emergence to £150.5m should definite criteria beryllium met to marque Garnacho's indebtedness determination permanent. Chelsea judge the presumption are easy reachable.