Lisandro Martinez braced for fight to recover Man Utd starting spot
Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez is embracing the com Pet ition for places as he attempts to force his way back into Erik ten Hag’s start ing XI. Martinez started all of United’s first 14 Premier League games of the season prior to the World Cup break. Having gone all the way to the World Cup final with Argentina, becoming just the fifth player to get his hands on the trophy while on the books at Old Trafford, he was granted extra time off to rest and recover when club football resumed in late December. What Lisandro Martinez said to Scott McTominay after winning the World Cup The 24-year-old, who United agreed to pay up to £57m for, was absent from the matchday squad, against Burnley in the Carabao Cup – a Game played only three days after the World Cup final - as well as missing Premier League wins over Nottingham Forest and Wolves. Martinez was back when United faced Bournemouth on Tuesday night, given a returning hero’s welcome when he was reintroduced to the Old Traf...