Erik ten Hag has praised the influence of Lisandro Martinez on training sessions at Man Utd and the centre-back could be involved at Carrington this week.
Erik ten Hag has tended to resort to what he knows best when conducting transfer business at Manchester United, focusing on signing players he has worked with, has been impressed by or those recommended by his agent, and it's not been a strategy without fault.
The Argentine has been outstanding since joining from Ajax. Ten Hag wanted the centre-back he had worked with in Amsterdam for his aggression as a defender, his quality on the ball and his leadership and personality off the field. He has delivered in every area.ALSO READ: Sell Greenwood and solve Sancho issue - building United's dream attack
He is also a valuable presence around the training ground, as Ten Hag revealed recently when discussing those players who make sure standards never drop. He name-checked four players in total but lingered on what Martinez brings to those sessions at Carrington. Ten Hag has had to make do without that influence for most of this season, the defender having suffered a foot injury and then a knee injury that have combined to sideline him for more than 22 weeks since September. Most recently, the Argentina international went down holding his knee against West Ham at the start of February, with scans revealing he had suffered damage to the medial collateral ligament.
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