{"id":54926,"date":"2024-04-20T08:52:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T21:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astonvilla.co.uk\/not-since-diego-maradona-have-argentina-had-a-pantomime-villain-to-match-wind-up-merchant-emiliano-martinez-but-his-16m-move-to-aston-villa-is-one-of-arsenals-daftest-decisions-this-century\/"},"modified":"2024-04-20T08:52:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T21:52:02","slug":"not-since-diego-maradona-have-argentina-had-a-pantomime-villain-to-match-wind-up-merchant-emiliano-martinez-but-his-16m-move-to-aston-villa-is-one-of-arsenals-daftest-decisions-this-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astonvilla.co.uk\/not-since-diego-maradona-have-argentina-had-a-pantomime-villain-to-match-wind-up-merchant-emiliano-martinez-but-his-16m-move-to-aston-villa-is-one-of-arsenals-daftest-decisions-this-century\/","title":{"rendered":"Not since Diego Maradona have Argentina had a pantomime villain to match wind-up merchant Emiliano Martinez… but his \u00a316m move to Aston Villa is one of Arsenal's daftest decisions this century"},"content":{"rendered":"
TOM COLLOMOSSE: The Aston Villa goalkeeper is the biggest wind-up merchant in world football and is disliked in France in much the same way Maradona was in England.<\/p>\n