Argentine goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez has stated that he wants to end Aston Villa 's trophy drought.

The World Cup winner is rumored to want to move away from Villa Park in the summer.

However, the 30-year-old has indicated that he may want to stay to push the club up the table and into the latter rounds of cup competitions.

Martinez said, per The Mirror: “I want to achieve something that no one achieves or it's been hard to achieve. People were saying, after the Copa America after the World Cup, Emi is going to go and play Champions League and he's going to leave.

“And I'm thinking, yeah, that's the easiest part. You know that that's easy leaving now to a club playing the Champions League. It seems everything is easy but actually, it was a real challenge for me.

“Winning a World Cup for Argentina after 36 years? Yes. Beating the champions of America after 28 years in the Maracana? Yeah, that was a challenge. Winning the final against the champions of Europe was a challenge.

“And now we need something for Aston Villa after 30 years. That's a challenge. And that's something I'm made for - for challenges, for not always having the easy way out.

“We've got one of the best managers for winning things in Europe. So I'm up for the challenge."