Qualifying for Champions League football with Aston Villa would be a huge achievement for one player.

The Midlands club are in the midst of a battle with Tottenham for fourth place in the Premier League.

Argentine World Cup winner Emi Martinez admits reaching the premier club competition with Villa would be like winning a title.

"Since I joined the club we have progressed by leaps and bounds," Martinez told DSports Radio.

"When I arrived we were at the bottom and became a mid-table club, then got to the Conference and now we were recently fighting for first place.

"Obviously, after many injuries, we fell a little, but we are in the Champions League positions and in the quarter-finals of a European competition.

"The club hasn't qualified for the Champions League for 45 years, so entering the Champions League would be like winning a title.

"It's very good because it's easy too jump to a giant club and play in the Champions League. But playing in the Champions League with a club which nobody expects to be there - the merit for me is a little more."