Emi Martinez has targeted glory with Aston Villa, saying: “I want an FA Cup run.”. The Argentine—feted as the world ’s No.1 by his club and its supporters—has set out his stall in a typically forthright fashion. Martinez may be rested against West Ham as Villa have seven games in 22 days and has both professional and personal reasons for wanting the club to progress.
He said: "I want silverware for the club. I want a cup run and I was very frustrated to be knocked out by Crystal Palace in the Carabao Cup. I think the fans deserve to be in Wembley at the end of the season. It is something missing for the club for many years. I want cups and I know the feeling it brings for myself and the fans.”.
Villa’s season has yet to hit the heights attained last year. But they are likely to finish in the top eight of the Champions League table and lie just four points behind fourth-placed Chelsea. However, Villa have not won the FA Cup since 1957 and it is 29 years since Andy Townsend lifted the League Cup. Martinez added: “For me, anything is possible in football. When I came here the club were not in the situation we are in now.
"The season before I arrived, we finished 17th, and then progressively, we were 11th, seventh, and fourth. The season so far has been good - not like I want it to be - but we knew that playing in the Champions League and competing in the top four would be tough.
