The 27 year-old broke his five year drought with the national team with a double against Japan to get his side through which backs up his extremely good run at Porto.
Now it seems after spending just two seasons at the Portuguese club he is Spain bound with Atletico Madrid pursuing his signature in order to help replace the gaps left by Diego Costa and David Villa.
Martinez is expected to turn down Valencia for the La Liga champions and sign for them after the completion of the World Cup in Brazil.
It is believed that a fee of around 25 million euros could be enough to secure the former Chipas striker who has scored 60 goals in two seasons since moving to Europe.