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Juventus Offers €10 Million for Emiliano Martínez, Talks Stall

8/16/2026

Summary

Story summary

Juventus offered Aston Villa €10 million for goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez, €7 million guaranteed plus €3 million in add-ons.
Villa demand a €10 million guaranteed fee, so the clubs’ valuations remain apart.
Villa have agreed with Parma to sign 23-year-old Japanese keeper Zion Suzuki on a five-year deal worth £25.6 million, rising to £30 million with bonuses.
Suzuki, born in Newark, New Jersey to a Ghanaian father and Japanese mother, started all four of Japan’s 2026 World Cup matches.

History

Historical Context

Juventus shattered the transfer market on 3 July 2001 by buying Parma’s Gianluigi Buffon for 100 billion lire (about €52 million), the highest fee ever paid for a goalkeeper. That benchmark set a precedent for costly keeper deals, a pattern echoed today as Juventus, Aston Villa and Parma negotiate Emiliano Martínez’s €10 million offer and Zion Suzuki’s £25.6 million contract.

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Story summary

Juventus offered Aston Villa €10 million for goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez, €7 million guaranteed plus €3 million in add-ons.
Villa demand a €10 million guaranteed fee, so the clubs’ valuations remain apart.
Villa have agreed with Parma to sign 23-year-old Japanese keeper Zion Suzuki on a five-year deal worth £25.6 million, rising to £30 million with bonuses.
Suzuki, born in Newark, New Jersey to a Ghanaian father and Japanese mother, started all four of Japan’s 2026 World Cup matches.

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