Rio Ferdinand believes Manchester United will miss this player
Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez had been out injured for most of the season.
The Argentine was back in action against West Ham, and put in a good show.
However, Martinez limped off the pitch during the second-half – just a couple of weeks after the centre-back returned from a lengthy injury.
Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand, has admitted Lisandro Martinez will be missed yet again.
“He got a little injury. He done his knee. I see he tweaked it. I think that looks like ligaments, man. He tried to carry on and then said, ‘No, no, no I’ve got to go’,” the former United defender said on the FIVE podcast.
“So, listen, if he’s out, it kills it. You can see with him and Luke Shaw on that side, when they’re together, they look so dominant, they look so confident, they look so composed with the ball.
“And those two are really good with the ball in terms of setting up attacks, the ball generally comes from that side. Any of the good stuff we do, Martinez, even you see for the first goal, he clips it in.
“Yes it goes to [Kurt] Zouma and he heads it down and Casemiro intercepts and we get the goal off that, but it’s because Martinez is playing forward, he’s playing forceful passes.
“So that will be disappointing. We’ve had so many injuries and he’s one of them that’s been out of a while and he’s probably one of our most influential players.”