{"id":24028,"date":"2024-02-06T00:05:45","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T21:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/24028\/manchester-united-defender-martinez-out\/"},"modified":"2024-02-06T00:05:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T21:05:45","slug":"manchester-united-defender-martinez-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=24028","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United defender Mart\u00ednez out two months with injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United defender Mart\u00ednez out two months with injury\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><\/div>\n<p>Rob Dawson, correspondent<span class=\"timestamp \">February 5, 2024, 6:52 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Manchester United have confirmed that Lisandro Mart\u00ednez is expected to be out for two months with a knee injury.<\/p>\n<p>Martinez was sent off during the second half of United&#39;s 3-0 <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/win\/\"   title=\"win\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">win<\/a> over West Ham on Sunday after a collision with Vladim\u00edr Coufal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (US)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The defender underwent scans on Monday and <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/united\/\"   title=\"United\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">United<\/a> confirmed the Argentina international is expected to miss the next eight weeks.<\/p>\n<p>A source told ESPN that Martinez&#39;s relatively short absence is seen as positive news for United, who were concerned on Sunday that he may need surgery.<\/p>\n<p>A statement released by the club on Monday read: &#8220;Lisandro Mart\u00ednez has suffered a medial collateral ligament injury in his knee and is expected to be out for at least eight weeks.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data- media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data- media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Lisandro Mart\u00ednez has played eight times in the Premier League this season. <cite>Getty<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThe Argentine defender left the pitch in the 71st minute of our 3-0 win over West Ham United at Old Trafford on Sunday. We all wish Licha a speedy recovery and look forward to seeing him back on the pitch later in the season. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>The confirmation of Martinez&#39;s absence is a blow to manager Erik ten Hag, who had only just welcomed the 26-year-old back from a foot injury.<\/p>\n<p>The centre-back was ruled out in September after undergoing a second operation following a foot problem suffered last season.<\/p>\n<p>After being out for more than four months, Martinez had started United&#39;s last three games, but is now expected to remain out at least until the international break in March.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United defender Mart\u00ednez out two months with injury\u060c Rob Dawson, correspondentFebruary 5, 2024, 6:52 p.m. Manchester United have confirmed that Lisandro Mart\u00ednez is expected to be out for two months with a knee injury. Martinez was sent off during the second half of United&#39;s 3-0 win over West Ham on Sunday after a collision [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24029,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2261,1014,31,10278,2425,29],"class_list":["post-24028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-sports","tag-defender","tag-injury","tag-manchester","tag-martinez","tag-months","tag-united"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24028"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24030,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24028\/revisions\/24030"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}