The Squad Needed Strengthening / Manchester United Shaken: Lisandro Attacks Board

Lisandro Martínez criticized Manchester United's board after the loss to Atlético Madrid, blaming its failure to invest in strengthening the squad over the summer.

According to "Verzeh Se", after the 2-0 defeat of 10-man Manchester United against Atlético Madrid, the Argentinian defender severely criticized the failure of the Ineos group to continue the success of last season.

Martinez, who was on the pitch for the full 90 minutes, took the opportunity to criticize the club's management, particularly sporting director Jason Wilcox, after Manchester United's fourth defeat in nine games.

This 28-year-old defender said in an interview with Amazon Prime: "Our performance was really poor; really weak I have to control myself a lot, but sometimes this is a reflection of the current state of our club. We were great last season and now we expect the club's senior managers to spend more for the team and recruit more players so that we can compete; Because many teams attract many players. Atletico have a great team and they deserved to win today. I expected more investment; one hundred percent I expect more from our technical director, Jason Wilcox."

When Martínez was asked in which areas the team needs strengthening, he answered: "In general. Last season we did everything and laid the foundations to build a great team. "It's annoying and disappointing to come here and not see my team trying to get a great result."

Manchester United manager Michael Carrick responded by saying that Martinez "can get emotional at times", but that he had not yet seen the interview and therefore declined to comment further.

"You can't just rely on last season's performance," Martinez continued. Other teams know how you play and are aware of all the details. If you don't make changes for the next season, you will be in big trouble.

You can't keep changing the coach. Once, twice, three times. So what will be the task of other departments? I can't say more than that. "It's easy to criticize the coach tonight, it's easy to criticize the players, but we have to look at other parts of the club."

Wayne Rooney's sharp reaction to Martinez's words

Wayne Rooney, who was a pundit on the live coverage of the match on Prime Video, was not satisfied with Martinez's comments. 40-year-old Roni said: "I disagree. I think the performance of the team was not bad. I think we were better than before and there were some positive signs.

It's a complicated situation, because as a player I've always been a person who expressed my opinions openly and naturally you want to express your point of view. But I think that Martinez may have gone a little too far and these talks should remain inside the club.

The fans want the players to talk and show that they care about the club. It is clear that Martinez cares about the club and wants Manchester United to spend more on signings. But to be honest, he would probably be one of the players who would have to leave the club in case of such changes. However, it seemed to me that these conversations were a bit like having a specific agenda and he wanted to say things like that; Because these statements do not match the image I had of the team's performance. "I think the team's performance had improved."

Roni continued: "These words are actually disrespectful to his teammates; Because with these words he says that they are not good enough. This is disrespectful behavior.

I think only Bruno Fernandez has the right to say such things, but these words should remain inside the club. This interview does not help the current situation of Manchester United. Considering all the noise around the club, such talks are not useful at all."

The head coach of Manchester United said about Martinez's statement: "I have not seen this interview yet. After a match like this, you come here to try to get something out of the game, but when you're disappointed, you can get emotional. I haven't seen the interview yet and I don't think now is the right time to talk about it.

"We all care about this club and each of us shows it in a different way, but now is the time to be together and try to get through this situation."