Manchester United followers face an anxious wait to search out out simply how lengthy essential defender Lisandro Martinez might be out for.
The Argentine World Cup winner needed to be carried off by a few of his compatriots throughout United’s 2-2 draw with Sevilla within the Europa League and his prolonged absence would give supervisor Erik ten Hag yet one more beginning XI conundrum.
This is what we all know in regards to the damage up to now and when Martinez could return.
Man Utd are but to verify the precise nature of Martinez’s damage. Ten Hag has been imprecise when requested in regards to the knock, which is claimed to be a fractured metatarsal by the press within the participant’s native Argentina.
Such an damage can take six weeks to a number of months to recuperate from, which is what’s making sure United followers quite itchy. Ten Had admitted after the Sevilla draw that the moment prognosis wasn’t promising.
He instructed BT Sport: “We have seen Lisandro drops out after a second the place there was no opponent concerned so it doesn’t look nice. I can not say [how serious it is] at this second.”
United will talk an replace as soon as the precise nature of the damage has been confirmed, although Ten Hag did add in his pre-Nottingham Forest press convention: “No, sorry, [I do not know any more information]. It isn’t even 24 hours [since the Sevilla match] so I haven’t got full analysis. So I can not inform [the severity of the injuries] on this second.
“When we’ve got information we are going to give it straight to you. However let’s do the medical, do their assessments and full diagnose, full diagnose, after which we provides you with the information. However I believe it does not change on this second.”
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Given we’re nicely into April with round a month and a half of the season remaining, this damage might carry a curtain down on Martinez’s debut United season.
Followers ought to wait till United ship an replace on the 25-year-old defender earlier than biting off too many nails, but when it’s a fractured metatarsal, that would go away Martinez struggling to be match for a few potential finals on the finish of the marketing campaign.
United’s Europa League progress has been threatened by the 2-2 draw with Sevilla, whereas they have to overcome Brighton within the FA Cup semi finals to achieve the competitors’s closing. Whether or not Martinez could be sharp sufficient to characteristic in such high-profile video games after a significant damage is one other query.
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The main downside Ten Hag has proper now could be he wants to interchange two excellent central defenders throughout United’s imminent schedule, with Raphael Varane additionally getting injured within the draw with Sevilla.
Membership captain Harry Maguire, whose inventory amongst United followers is fairly low, is in line to characteristic within the first alternative duo’s absence, whereas Luke Shaw was performed in central defence earlier within the season and will shuffle infield as soon as extra. He’s additionally injured proper now, nonetheless.
Victor Lindelof is even additional down the pecking order, whereas Casemiro might be deployed on the again if Ten Hag does not belief his remaining choices.
