Lisandro Martinez 'out for the season' as Man Utd's worst injury fears come true

The Argentina defender was carried from the transportation successful tears aft sustaining a worrying looking genu wounded successful the 2-0 decision to Crystal Palace connected Sunday

Manchester United fearfulness defender Lisandro Martinez volition miss the remainder of the play aft picking up a superior genu injury successful the decision to Crystal Palace.

Argentina planetary Martinez was carried from the Old Trafford transportation successful tears aft tangling with Palace's Ismaila Sarr successful the 82nd infinitesimal of Sunday's 2-0 loss.

United brag Ruben Amorim instantly delivered a bleak update connected the erstwhile Ajax defender, saying: "Licha is truly important for us. Not conscionable arsenic a shot subordinate but arsenic a character, particularly successful this hard moment. Now it’s clip to assistance Licha similar he’s doing for truthful long.

"I deliberation it’s a atrocious situation. Let’s hold to measure things with the doc but I deliberation it’s a superior situation."

The Manchester Evening News study that United consciousness Martinez is improbable to play again this season, with the nine acceptable to corroborate his authoritative diagnosis aboriginal this week erstwhile helium has undergone further tests.

United released a connection soon aft Martinez was withdrawn saying: "Our hearts interruption for you, Licha. We'll beryllium with you during your betterment and cognize you'll beryllium backmost stronger."

The setback for Martinez, 27, is the latest successful a agelong enactment of injuries for the World Cup winner, who was named arsenic United's subordinate of the period for January aft scoring goals successful the 2-2 gully astatine Liverpool and 1-0 triumph astatine Fulham.

He was absent for the last six weeks of the 2022-23 play aft fracturing a metatarsal, earlier undergoing country successful September 2023 that sidelined him for 4 months. He past missed 8 weeks betwixt February and March past twelvemonth with a ligament injury, which preceded a six-and-a-half week layoff with a calf issue.

Martinez's wounded leaves United brag Amorim apt to trust connected Harry Maguire, Matthijs de Ligt and Leny Yoro arsenic his archetypal prime backmost 3 for the remainder of the season.

Luke Shaw has precocious returned to grooming and could beryllium utilized successful the left-sided centre-back role, portion the futures of Victor Lindelof and Jonny Evans are uncertain, with Lindelof retired of declaration astatine the extremity of the play and Evans perchance acceptable to retire.

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