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Aston Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez is happy and committed to the club, says manager Unai Emery.

World Cup winner Martinez, 33, was heavily linked with Manchester United during the transfer window and sat out Villa’s 3-0 defeat by Crystal Palace.

But, after United signed Senne Lammens from Royal Antwerp, Argentina international Martinez is available for Villa’s Premier League match against Everton on Saturday.

“Everything happens with players, maybe staying, maybe they were close to leaving, maybe other players were close to others or to join us,” said Emery.

“It’s normal. I understand it. Staying here is good news, I am so, so happy. He is the best goalkeeper in the world. His commitment to Aston Villa is massive.

Deadline-day signings Harvey Elliott, Jadon Sancho and Victor Lindelof are expected to be in the Villa squad on Saturday, though Manchester United loanee Sancho will be eased in.

The winger was training away from the United squad before making a season-long loan move to Villa Park.

“It’s different circumstances for each one,” said Emery.

“Jadon Sancho was not training with the group and physically he will need time.

“Every training session we are doing with those players is very important – to adapt as soon as possible.”

“I’m here to win” was the simple message from Josh Kerr as he prepared to defend his 1500m title at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

It’s neither bravado nor boasting, just the quiet conviction of an athlete who can look at his medal haul in the past four years and see World gold, Olympic silver and Olympic bronze glinting back at him.

“It feels exactly what it’s supposed to feel like,” said the 27-year-old Scot of his preparations. “It feels like I’ve earned it.

“It feels like I know what I’m doing and I’m just looking to execute a similar plan to 2023, where I go out and I take the race and win it pretty dominantly.

“You have to make sure you respect the competition’s abilities but I’m feeling very confident.”

A fierce competitor and good race strategist, Kerr is also a deep thinker and took time out to process the magnitude of his achievement in Budapest when he got the better of bitter rival Jacob Ingebrigtsen.

He explained: “When you win one of these and you finally get to that gold medal spot, everyone asks how it feels and has it sunk in?

“It took me a while to figure out. What it meant to me was; what standards do I need to raise in my life to allow this to be a trend and not a one-off? What do I need to do to be a world champion in the way that I train, the way I travel, the way I sleep, the way I eat, all of that stuff.

“I took four or five months analysing each part of my life and tried to see where I could make little gains, so that you go into a championship with no kind of stone left unturned.

Kerr will have two other Scottish global medallists for company in Japan.

Neil Gourley took world indoor silver in Nanjing earlier this year, while Jake Wightman paved the way to Kerr’s gold medal by beating Ingebrigtsen to the top of the podium the year before in Eugene.

Back-to-back world 1500m champions from Scotland is an achievement that still makes Kerr smile.

“It is underappreciated but that’s the world of sport, everyone moves on really quickly,” he said.

“I do think Scotland appreciates us. So our goal for the next few years is to continue to share the story, continue to share every part of what we do to get ready for these championships so that we can grow the next crop of athletes.

“For any athlete that comes through the club system in Scotland, we’ve shown you can reach these levels. There’s nothing stopping you from being the best in the world. We need to be that resource for them.

“It’s an awesome era to be in and I couldn’t be surrounded by better guys. I’m sure we’ll have some great battles and if I’m not the one winning, then I bloody hope that one of those two is.

“I think the Brits can have multiple medals. I mean, if you’re not going to tune in for the final on Wednesday, I don’t know what you’re doing.”

The race will also be the latest chapter in the Josh versus Jakob rammy, an intense rivalry that shows no sign of easing off.

“No, we don’t get along,” Kerr confirmed. “Then again, I’m not here to have lots of friends from different places. I’m here to bring medals back to the UK, back to Scotland.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says “everyone will be involved” this season as he weighs up his starting goalkeeper for Sunday’s derby against Manchester United.

Italy international Gianluigi Donnarumma joined from Paris St-Germain on transfer deadline day, after City signed James Trafford and Marcus Bettinelli in the summer, while Stefan Ortega also remains part of the squad.

The club also sold long-time number one Ederson to Fenerbahce for £12.1m to end a trophy-filled eight years at Etihad Stadium.

Guardiola paid tribute to the Brazilian, who helped create a “special way for the best decade for this club”, but wanted to “try a new experience”.

The Spaniard also praised Ilkay Gundogan and Manuel Akanji – who also left for Galatasaray and Inter Milan – for their contributions to City’s past success.

But as he now focuses on City’s future, Guardiola needs to decide whether to throw £26m signing Donnarumma straight in against United or continue with Trafford, who has started the first three games this season.

“He is so tall, he is so huge,” he said of Donnarumma, 26. “[From] all the keepers we want is safe balls, give confidence to the team, have personality and a big presence.

“In the biggest stages in the Champions League last season, at Villa Park, Anfield and in many games, he proved how good he is.

“He is going to concede goals, that is for sure, but all of us, we are going to try to handle it.”

Asked about the 22-year-old Trafford, Guardiola replied: “He is a keeper for Man City. I can only play one keeper, I can play two full-backs, two centre-backs.

“The season is so long everyone will be involved. They may not believe it but they will.”

The signing of Donnarumma appears to shift away from the sweeper-keeper ability of Ederson, who changed the face of goalkeeping in the Premier League with the ball at this feet.

The Brazilian provided seven assists in the English top flight, more than any other goalkeeper, while there is often the suggestion Donnarumma is not as comfortable in possession.

“I always try to adapt the quality of the players,” added Guardiola. “I will not demand to Gigi to do something like he is uncomfortable.

“We are talking about the best players I’ve ever seen in the distribution, in short and long, I’ve ever seen with Ederson. So, we didn’t take Gigi to do what Ederson has done, Gigi has another quality.

Striker Erling Haaland comes into the game on the back of scoring an incredible five goals in Norway’s 11-1 hammering of Moldova during the recent World Cup qualifiers.

The 25-year-old’s goal in the defeat at Brighton before the break also took his tally to 88 in just 100 Premier League games – the most by a player to reach that milestone.

Earlier on Friday, Liverpool boss Arne Slot described Alexander Isak as “maybe the best striker in the world” following the Sweden international’s move to Anfield for a British record £125m fee.

But Guardiola responded: “Erling is a little bit above.

“Isak is an exceptional player. You ask what Erling is as a striker – he’s the top. But Isak must be a top player for what they paid, obviously.

“Another person would say [Kylian] Mbappe, another person would say [Lionel] Messi, another person would say Cristiano [Ronaldo]. That’s fine. It is a game of opinions and everyone has the right to an opinion.

“What I’m saying is that I would not change Erling for anyone. I know him. He is incredible as a player, adorable as a person and I like him.”

City go into the 197th derby on the back of consecutive league defeats and are 13th in the table, with United a point ahead in ninth.

It is the first time they have trailed their rivals heading into a Manchester derby since 2020.

Haaland told Viaplay: “We’ve lost two games in a row, it’s not good enough, it’s way too bad. We need to figure it out, get back to winning ways. We can’t afford to lose games, as there’s so many good teams.