{"id":234241,"date":"2025-10-30T15:55:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T15:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/234241\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T15:55:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T15:55:04","slug":"man-utd-fans-react-as-lisandro-martinez-returns-to-full-team-training-title-charge-prediction-made-clear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/234241\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd fans react as Lisandro Martinez returns to full team training, ‘title charge’ prediction made clear"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez has been out injured since February, but this week he has finally returned to first-team group training.<\/p>\n

It has been a long fight back to fitness for Lisandro Martinez<\/a>, with the Argentine ruled out with a knee injury back in February 2025.<\/p>\n

Martinez\u2019s torn ACL injury<\/a> was one United fans feared might be the end of the cult hero who joined in 2022 under Erik ten Hag.<\/p>\n

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Martinez was nicknamed \u2018The Butcher\u2019<\/a> due to his aggression on the pitch, tackles and his on-ball quality in defence are irreplaceable. Now, he\u2019s returned to Ruben Amorim\u2019s<\/a> squad for training.<\/p>\n

\"LisandroPhoto by Ash Donelon\/Manchester United via Getty ImagesLisandro Martinez back in Manchester United training<\/p>\n

There was a welcome sight this week, as after weeks of Martinez working back to fitness<\/a>, he finally made his return to Carrington pitches for team training for the first time since February.<\/p>\n

The United official X account tweeted to reveal the news, writing: \u201cLook who\u2019s back\u201d, with an image of the Argentina international.<\/p>\n

Martinez\u2019s return could improve United defensively and in terms of building out from the back. <\/p>\n

In response, United fans have been making bold predictions on social media.<\/p>\n

Manchester United fans react to Martinez training return<\/p>\n

Martinez\u2019s eventual comeback performance will be applauded by the fans, but this might yet be a while away as risks won\u2019t be taken. However, his return to training has got fans excited anyway, with title race predictions made.<\/p>\n

One tweeted, \u201cImagine this team and this defence, and now Martinez is back. We honestly can fight for the title if we keep calm and carry on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Continuing like this, others agreed. \u201cOur title charge starts now\u2026\u201d, one admitted, while a second added, \u201cGet innn. Our title charge starts now\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy Cult Hero is so back!!! Bring the PL title already!!!\u201d, one fan commented, clearly enthused by Martinez\u2019s return.<\/p>\n

Another fan gave Martinez huge praise, before admitted a title charge may be on the cards, \u201cOne of our very own best ball playing defender in the world is back on grass. I won\u2019t be surprised if we win the league this season.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is way too early to shout title race, with three wins on the bounce just the beginning, however, the optimism is testament to the work Amorim has done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez has been out injured since February, but this week he has finally returned…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,3508,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-234241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-lisandro-martinez","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}