With a broken foot, Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez will miss the remainder of the campaign.
April 14, 2023Tweet
Manchester United centre-back Lisandro Martinez will miss the rest of
the season after fracturing a metatarsal bone in his foot. The
25-year-old sustained the injury in United's 2-2 Europa League
quarter-final against Sevilla on Thursday. His centre-back partner
Raphael Varane also sustained an injury and is expected to be out for a
few weeks. Martinez joined United from Ajax last July in a deal worth up
to £57m and has played in 27 of United's Premier League matches this
season. Varane, who joined the club from Real Madrid in August 2021, has
made 21 league appearances this season.
United are fourth in the Premier League with nine games remaining and
are still in the FA Cup as well as the Europa League. Manager Erik ten
Hag said there are four or five good centre-halves who can do the job.
Centre-backs Maguire and Victor Lindelof are the likely options to fill
in for Martinez and Varane. Luke Shaw has missed the past two games with
a hamstring injury but Ten Hag said the England international could
return on Sunday. Marcus Rashford is also out