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Chelsea: Emi Martinez reveals long-term injury worry as surgery decision made

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Ferridge, A. (2026, October 30). Chelsea: Emi Martinez reveals long-term injury worry as surgery decision made. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/chelsea-fc-martinez-injury-latest-world-cup-b1303025.html

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Evening Standard · collected 2026-10-30 · by Arthur Ferridge

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Emi Martinez, the Chelsea goalkeeper, disclosed during a YouTube interview with journalist Gaston Edul that he has been playing through severe pain from a broken finger sustained before an unspecified tournament where he played every minute. The injury caused his finger to look discolored and deformed, and he stated it will not heal properly as the bone remains out of place. Despite this, Martinez expressed no regret about continuing to play for his national team. Chelsea did not object to the injury during his medical examination before signing him but advised that surgery might be necessary eventually.
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But he has now revealed that he has been playing through excruciating pain which left him ‘seeing stars’ for some time, having broken a finger before the tournament, where he played every minute as Argentina were beaten in the final.
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🔮 Chelsea didn’t mind… (but) someday you will need an operation.”
2026-10-31 · Evening Standard
Chelsea: Emi Martinez reveals long-term injury worry as surgery decision made · assertive framing

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But he has now revealed that he has been playing through excruciating pain which left him ‘seeing stars’ for some time, having broken a finger before the tournament, where he played every minute as Argentina were beaten in the final. asserted
Argentina → reveal → final
He said the injury left his finger looking “like a blood sausage” and that “it won’t ever return” to normality as the bone has been left out of place. asserted
bone → say → place
“Those are the risks you take for the national team,” Martinez said, speaking to journalist Gaston Edul in a YouTube interview. asserted
Martinez → take → interview
“I’d do it again.” asserted
I → do → it
He continued: “I was diving like a zombie. asserted
I → continue → zombie
I dived like that, I got up and I put my hand down and I’d see stars … asserted
I → dive → stars
every night, until 12am, I’d be crying because my finger was like a blood sausage.” asserted
finger → cry → sausage
Read More Martinez added that Chelsea took no issue with the injury when he underwent a medical before his transfer: “They said it was impossible for me to play like that, that I needed surgery. asserted
I → read → surgery
Chelsea didn’t mind… (but) someday you will need an operation.” asserted
you → mind → operation
He also said the pain from his broken jaw was nowhere near as bad as that from his finger. asserted
pain → say → finger
Xabi Alonso said on Friday that Martinez is in the process of having a mask fitted so as to help accelerate his return to the pitch. asserted
mask → say → pitch
Before suffering his injury at Everton, Martinez had played every minute of Chelsea’s Premier League campaign. asserted
Martinez → suffer → campaign
He has since been deputised by Belgium’s Mike Penders. asserted
He → deputise → Penders
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