Lisandro Martinez claimed Paul Scholes ‘would not survive’ Argentine soccer after criticism from the Manchester United legend.
Manchester United introduced final week that Martinez suffered an ACL damage of their Premier League defeat to Crystal Palace.
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talkSPORT understands the Argentine centre-back is ready to overlook the remainder of the season by way of restoration.
Nevertheless, United legend Scholes has since revealed his issues over the membership’s capacity to win a league title with Martinez in defence.
Talking on The Overlap Fan Debate, he stated: “Even when he is match, he isn’t adequate to win the Premier League.”
Martinez then took to social media to angrily reply to Scholes by downplaying his capacity to play in South America.
“This jinx man is de facto hurting…. You set him in Argentina, and he wouldn’t survive,” the Argentine wrote on Instagram.
Martinez wasn’t the one United centre-back who confronted criticism from Scholes as Matthijs de Ligt and Leny Yoro have been additionally questioned.
When requested if he charges De Ligt, who signed from Bayern Munich in the summertime, Scholes stated: “Probably not.
“The place are your ambitions? I’m speaking about getting a workforce to win the Premier League.
“Are you going to win the Premier League with De Ligt and Yoro as your centre-halves?
“Is ‘fairly good’ adequate for Manchester United?”
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Elaborating on De Ligt, Scholes stated: “His age and his quantity of golf equipment does concern me.
“He appears to have gotten worse as he’s obtained older. These golf equipment [Juventus and Bayern Munich] have removed him for a purpose.
“Yoro is a younger participant however I haven’t favored what I’ve seen thus far,” he added on the 19-year-old. “Did you see the Southampton sport?
“Look, he’s a younger participant and I’d hold him within the squad.”
United proceed to battle within the Premier League this season as their 2-0 defeat to Palace has left them thirteenth within the desk.
Nevertheless, Ruben Amorim’s aspect are by way of to the FA Cup fifth spherical and can compete within the final 16 of the Europa League.