Emiliano Martinez To Inaugurate 'Pele-Maradona-Sobers' Gate In Mohun Bagan

Emiliano Martinez in Kolkata: Other than the gate named after football icons Pele, Diego Maradona and all-rounder Garfield Sobers, the club will also inaugurate a media centre.

Emi Martinez of Aston Villa in action during the Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Aston Villa at Anfield on May 20, 2023 in Liverpool, England.

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Kolkata: Argentina's FIFA World Cup-winning goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez will inaugurate Mohun Bagan's 'Pele-Maradona-Sobers Gate', it was announced by the club on Tuesday. While it was earlier being reported that Martinez will visit Kolkata for a promotional event eaither in late June or early July, the club has confirmed that he will be inaugurating the gate named after the sporting greats on July 4.

"Martinez will be felicitated and will also look around the infrastructure of our club and meet some selected members," Mohun Bagan stated in a release after their executive committee meeting at the capital of West Bengal.

With the World Cup 2022's golden gloves award winner in city for a private visit, he will have a busy schedule in India with a range of other programmes lined up where he will be participating. Meanwhile, Mohun Bagan have formed a five-member committee with general secretary Debashish Dutta, among others, for the smooth conduct of the programme.

"A letter to express sincere gratitude will be sent to Sanjiv Goenka for being the champion of ISL and understanding the sentiment of the Mariners and changing the name of our football team to 'Mohun Bagan Super Giant'," the club wrote in a letter of graitude to its owner.

Other than the gate named after football icons Pele, Diego Maradona and all-rounder Garfield Sobers, the club will also inaugurate a media centre which will be named after their former general secretary Anjan Mitra.

Notably, Martinez was a key member of the Lionel Messi-led Argentina that lifted the World Cup in 2022 in Doha. He saved two penalty shots against the Netherlands in what was a tensed finish to the quarterfinal before replicating the same result in the night of the final against France. The World Cup hero also bagged the Best FIFA Men's Goalkeeper honour for his exempleary work between the poles.

(With Inputs From PTI)