Aston Villa fans, if you’ve woken up today confused by reports of Argentina dropping Emi Martinez, then let us reassure you. It’s a nothing story.

Why do we say that so confidently? Because it was already reported back in October that he was set to miss the international break.

All the way back on the 15^{th of} October we covered a report from Pasion Futbol. They explained that Argentina were planning to drop the Aston Villa goalkeeper for the November international break.

This was not because he’s out of form, or they don’t want him or anything like that. It’s simply a case of Argentina manager Lionel Scaloni testing his options.

Indeed, the Argentina manager even made that clear. “Dibu always wants to play, like everyone else,” he said.

“He made an effort to come back after his calf problem, and he still came back. That’s very important for us. But in November we’ll surely try something else; that’s our plan.”

The decision to rest him in November is so Scaloni can look at his other options. Martinez is his undisputed number one, but the spots behind him are less certain. Scaloni wants...