{"id":651619,"date":"2025-02-03T14:05:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T19:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=651619"},"modified":"2025-02-03T14:05:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T19:05:19","slug":"lisandro-martinez-injury-blow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/02\/03\/lisandro-martinez-injury-blow\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United Crisis Deepens: \u00a3120k P\/W ACL Nightmare Ends Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The trials and tribulations are mounting for Manchester United. Lisandro Mart\u00ednez had just begun to regain form for his club, but the defender will now miss the rest of the season due to a severe injury.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Lisandro Mart\u00ednez Injury Ends His Season<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Mart\u00ednez Suffers ACL Injury<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1886461714834559226\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Fabrizio Romano<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0has reported that Mart\u00ednez &#8211; who reportedly earns\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/salarysport.com\/football\/player\/lisandro-mart%C3%ADnez\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">120k per week<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0has torn his ACL and that his season is &#8220;now over&#8221; due to the injury.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In the final fifteen minutes of Man Utd&#8217;s clash with Crystal Palace, the defender was involved in a duel with Ismaila Sarr, resulting in him leaving the game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">After the final whistle, Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim admitted to the media that the injury had been\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/articles\/cq8kgz4e71po\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;serious.\u201d<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Now, it seems that the worst fears of the 27-year-old have come true.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/02\/02\/manchester-united-marcus-rashford-aston-villa-loan-confirmed\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Manchester United Confirm \u00a3375,000 P\/W Star Transfer to Premier League <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Rival<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This setback is the latest in <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">a string of<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> health-related problems for the injury-prone\u00a0Argentine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Mart\u00ednez missed the final three months of 2023 after he aggravated a\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/09\/30\/manchester-united-lisandro-martinez-injury\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">foot injury<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0from the previous campaign. His return would then last for only another three fixtures before he picked up a\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/03\/14\/manchester-united-lisandro-martinez-argentina-squad\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">knee injury.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">More Misery for Manchester United<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Mart\u00ednez&#8217;s injury worsened the afternoon for Man Utd. The team lost 2-0 to Crystal Palace at Old Trafford and sit in the middle of the table. This is another roadblock to their progression under Amorim, whose system with three central defenders has caused a stir from critics in the Premier League.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This injury also arrives at an inopportune moment. The club have made two transfers to reinforce their defence. But at the tail end of the winter window, it might be too late to acquire an ideal replacement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/01\/28\/ayden-heaven-manchester-united-talks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2018Here We Go\u2019: Manchester United Complete Move For \u2018Highly Rated\u2019 Academy Defender<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Most expect to see Patrick Dorgu play as a wing-back in a 3-4-2-1 system. And while Ayden Heaven has featured as a left-sided central defender in Arsenal&#8217;s academy, the 18-year-old has only played one game in his short senior career and it seems unlikely he will start regularly<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This ACL injury indicates more issues for a club that cannot wait to rethink its plans over the summer.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The trials and tribulations are mounting for Manchester United. Lisandro Mart\u00ednez had just begun to regain form for his club, but the defender will now miss the rest of the season due to a severe injury. Lisandro Mart\u00ednez Injury Ends His Season Mart\u00ednez Suffers ACL Injury Fabrizio Romano\u00a0has reported that Mart\u00ednez &#8211; who reportedly earns\u00a0120k [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5417,"featured_media":648394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,1830,3],"tags":[9239,9777],"class_list":["post-651619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-united","category-injuries","category-premier-league","tag-lisandro-martinez","tag-ruben-amorim"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5417"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651619"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":651629,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651619\/revisions\/651629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}