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'I need to play'- Martinez reveals Arsenal exit is possible as goalkeeper grows tired of life on loan

The Argentine goalkeeper has three years left on his contract and has been impressing while on loan with Championship side Reading FC

As he sits pondering his future at the Reading training ground, a promise he made to his father as a 16-year-old is at the forefront of the mind of Emiliano Martinez.

It was in 2010 and Martinez was back in Argentina preparing to make the move to Arsenal from Independiente.

As he was about to say goodbye to his family home in Mar del Plata - a city on Argentina’s Atlantic coast - he vowed that he would make it in England.