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The unhealthy information retains coming for Manchester United after the shock house defeat to Crystal Palace.
The Day by day Mail studies that defender Lisandro Martinez will bear additional surgical procedure on his beforehand fractured metatarsal in his proper foot.
The surgical procedure is anticipated to happen on Monday and it’s estimated that it’s going to preserve him out of motion for at least three months.
The Peoples Particular person reported that one other surgical procedure could possibly be within the offing for him and now the identical has been confirmed by The Day by day Mail.
Martinez returned from a fractured metatarsal within the pre-season and had began properly earlier than coming off towards Arsenal because of ache in the identical foot.
He then proceeded to play the following two video games by taking painkillers earlier than additional analysis revealed a flare-up of the identical challenge within the metatarsal.
Martinez didn’t look his standard combative self when he was enjoying by way of damage so the choice has been taken for him to bide his time, get the surgical procedure performed and remedy the difficulty as soon as and for all.
Supervisor Erik ten Hag struck a sombre tone when he addressed the difficulty within the buildup to the sport towards Palace.
“We did a correct analysis, in Argentina as properly, however now it got here out that there was an issue. That’s very unhappy, for him and the workforce, as a result of he was not 100 per cent match,” he mentioned.
The surgical procedure is anticipated to rule him out until January on the very least and provides to the headache of the supervisor.
United’s defence has been decimated by accidents, with solely Diogo Dalot remaining because the specialist fullback within the squad presently.
In the midst of defence, Raphael Varane is an damage concern at any time when he’s overworked, whereas Victor Lindelof, Harry Maguire, and Jonny Evans have evident weaknesses which stop them from being a go-to choice for the supervisor.
United will probably be anxiously ready for Martinez’s return and the information of a profitable surgical procedure will arguably be celebrated with a lot pleasure, such is the significance of the Argentinian to this United squad.
