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    [Chris Wheeler] Martinez set to miss Villa: Lisandro Martinez is expected to miss United’s crucial top-four clash with Aston Villa at Old Trafford on Sunday after taking longer than initially hoped to recover from a calf strain.
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    [Chris Wheeler] Martinez set to miss Villa: Lisandro Martinez is expected to miss United’s crucial top-four clash with Aston Villa at Old Trafford on Sunday after taking longer than initially hoped to recover from a calf strain.


    [Chris Wheeler] Martinez set to miss Villa: Lisandro Martinez is expected to miss United’s crucial top-four clash with Aston Villa at Old Trafford on Sunday after taking longer than initially hoped to recover from a calf strain.

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    4. nearly_headless_nic on

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      **£138m Sancho bill**

      Jadon Sancho will be a notable absentee when Villa visit on Sunday, with the on-loan United winger ineligible for the game against his parent club.

      Sancho will say goodbye to United when his contract runs out on June 30 at the end of what has been a very costly move for the club since they signed him from Borussia Dortmund in the summer of 2021 – at the time making him the second-most expensive English player in history behind Maguire.

      As well as the £73million transfer fee, a five-year contract worth £250,000-a-week means that United have committed £138m to signing Sancho. Speaking a year ago today, Sir Jim Ratcliffe revealed that the club still had to pay the final £17m instalment of his transfer fee to Dortmund last summer.

      United have been able to recoup some of the money spent on Sancho since he fell out with manager Erik ten Hag in summer 2023, effectively signaling the start of the end of his United career.

      Dortmund paid a £3m loan fee rising to a maximum of £6.5m based on appearances and the team’s success, as well as covering most of his wages, in January 2024. 

      Chelsea paid half of his wages for last season’s loan and a £5m penalty last summer rather than the £20-25m obligation to buy him when the Blues finished in the top 14 of the Premier League. And Villa paid a loan fee and 80 per cent of his wages this season for his third loan.

      For their £138m, United have seen Sancho play more times for other clubs than themselves since he joined five years ago. The 25-year-old has 12 goals and six assists in 83 appearances for United, and nine goals and 14 assists in 90 games on loan.

    5. Castia10 on

      The injuries are infuriating they report them like it’s a knock and they’ll be out for a few days…..then we don’t see them for months

    6. JustTaxLandbro on

      What injury does de ligt have?

      Why does our entire squad return 4-6 weeks after we expect them too.

      Only Bruno returned sooner on what looked to be a hamstring or calf issue. That same injury would take out de ligt 6 months to return

    10. ritwikjs2 on

      well, it’s a good thing we know. hopefully heaven gets gametime. I think harry should go back to rcb and let heaven handle lcb

    11. chapalatheerthananda on

      And even after all this we still don’t know what is wrong with Mount. People have half forgotten he still plays for this club.

    14. Big_Honeydew4011 on

      similar to mount, their ability is irrelevant because neither of them can stay fit

    15. canwinanythingwkids on

      > Martinez was only expected to miss one game

      Expected by whom?

      In theory, we’ve got a veteran CB, two youngsters, and two prime age CBs. Perfect.

      In practice, we’ve got a veteran CB, two youngsters, the end.

      Sigh.

    18. FredDRedUnderYourBed on

      See you next season Licha, good luck at the world cup.

      Also, are the doctors just giving estimates based on hopes and positive vibes or what? Mason mount was supposed to be ready a million years ago. De Ligt has gone dark. Now Licha who was barely going to miss a game, is ruled out for villa and then probably some more.

    19. benkenobi93 on

      We cannot simply go to next season with him in mind , a starting cb is must. How things are going if we get ucl ,we seriously need 7-8 players period.

    20. Possible_Law8357 on

      I think it’s time to move on from Martinez and Mount.
      Sell them in the summer, they can go to less physical leagues for their own benefit to stay fit.

      We need more consistent players.

    21. LongLiveNeechi on

      Well, that sucks. Him and Maguire are key to keeping the ball moving forwards. When there are other pairs at the back, they tend to start recycling the ball backwards to the goalkeeper or playing lateral balls to the fullbacks. Martinez and Maguire are better on the ball and are willing to play direct balls forwards and take more risks when the ball is at their feet. Others do not do so. They are critical to United constantly starting attacks and keeping the tempo up throughout the whole game.

      So this will be a major miss, as we are likely to have more of the ball in the Villa game, and Villa will probably be looking to hit us on the counter-attack.

    24. longsightdon on

      Lets be honest, I love the butcher but you can’t build a reliable defence on de ligt, slab, martinez and shaw and then dalot where injuries arent his issue.

    27. UJ_Reddit on

      Do we sell him in the summer?

      He’s top when he’s fit. But we can’t have players who play less than half the games. He’s missed almost 600 days since joining

    32. OatCuisine on

      At some point you have to wonder whether the club is lying about injuries rather than just being incompetent at assessing them.

    34. invertebrett on

      I get Martinez is a great player, but he’s barely ever available. I’d rather sell him in the summer and get someone more durable, even if they’re slightly lower quality.

    35. NoPurpose0 on

      Why dont we just report each injury as 3 months out?

      That way if it takes 2 months to recover, we’ll be pleasantly surprised