Jamie Carragher slams Lisandro Martinez after criticism of Man Utd hierarchy

Jamie Carragher has slammed Lisandro Martinez aft the Manchester United defender criticised the club's method director, Jason Wilcox, pursuing their 2-0 decision against Atletico Madrid successful the Champions League connected Tuesday night.

The Red Devils person made a disastrous commencement to the caller season, suffering four defeats successful their opening 9 games of a campaign for the archetypal clip successful the club's history.

Despite spending £155m connected 4 large signings during the summertime transportation window, Man Utd failed to fortify astatine left-back oregon bring successful different attacker.

Following the defeat, Martinez made a singular admission, suggesting that helium had expected greater concern successful the squad aft what helium described arsenic a fantastic erstwhile season, successful which United finished third.

Jamie Carragher slams Lisandro Martinez

Carragher described Martinez's comments arsenic "awful", adding that supporters were present witnessing the 'real' Man Utd again.

The shot pundit besides believes that Martinez, whose declaration expires astatine the extremity of the season, has struggled severely this term, making the timing of his outburst peculiarly unhelpful.

Carragher told CBS Sports, via Sky Sports News: "It doesn't bash anybody immoderate bully astatine all, and they volition beryllium the communicative present for the adjacent fewer days, each astir this."

"Every acceptable of supporters don't similar the suits oregon the guys upstairs, truthful United fans volition thigh this up and deliberation it's great. I deliberation it's atrocious that he's travel retired and said that close now. I do."

"And erstwhile he's saying 'we had a fantastic play past season', they didn't. A manager got sacked past season. Sacked."

"They finished 3rd due to the fact that they had nary cupful games. They got knocked retired of the cupful competitions precise early. The crushed they finished 3rd is Liverpool and Chelsea were that atrocious arsenic well."

"Now we're seeing the existent Manchester United this season. They were atrocious again tonight."

"And him arsenic well, erstwhile he's talking astatine the commencement of this play - I deliberation he's a bully player, by the way, he's a World Cup winner, I get that - he's had an atrocious commencement to the season. Awful. Really poor."

Lisandro Martinez: Opinion divided implicit his outburst

Several pundits judge that Martinez's ain signifier this play is portion of the problem, making the timing of his disapproval of the recruitment squad highly questionable.

However, immoderate supporters consciousness that Martinez was close to talk his mind, giving him recognition for addressing the contented publicly.

Paul Robinson has suggested that it is wide Man Utd did not put capable during the summertime and that the squad lacks capable prime and depth.

While Martinez's ain performances person travel nether scrutiny, it volition beryllium absorbing to spot however Michael Carrick handles the concern up of Man Utd's Premier League clash against Leeds United.

Will Martinez contented a nationalist apology? Could helium look an interior suspension? Will the nine good the erstwhile Ajax defender? Such questions are inevitably being raised pursuing his outspoken comments.