{"id":250805,"date":"2025-10-25T13:51:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T13:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/250805\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T13:51:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T13:51:11","slug":"ruben-amorim-provides-lisandro-martinez-update-manchester-united-fans-will-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/250805\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruben Amorim provides Lisandro Martinez update Manchester United fans will love"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Manchester United fans have been revelling this week following their side\u2019s hard-fought 2-1 win over rivals Liverpool last time out.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils have been inconsistent this season but have shown against top opposition that they can raise their performance levels and get positive results against the best teams in England.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/how-manchester-united-insiders-feel-about-signing-benjamin-sesko-as-main-driver-behind-deal-revealed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United signed Benjamin Sesko<\/a> and a number of other international-calibre players over the summer, with the Old Trafford outfit adding strength in depth to <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/ruben-amorim\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ruben Amorim\u2019s<\/a> squad.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btbf-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@BeyondTheBackFour?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"object-fit:unset\" src=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/podcast\/btbf-title.svg\" alt=\"\"\/>   Click to subscribe to the podcast <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"object-fit:unset;height:30px;width:fit-content\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/podcast\/youtube.svg\" alt=\"\"\/>   <\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, the impending return of an existing player who hasn\u2019t featured in the <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/english-premier-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premier League<\/a> this season could well be the springboard <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/manchester-united\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United <\/a>need to get to the next level.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"668\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2239180960-1024x668.jpg\" alt=\"Ruben Amorim reacts on the touchline during Manchester United v Sunderland in the Premier League at Old Trafford\" class=\"wp-image-996352\" \/>Photo by Gareth Copley\/Getty ImagesLisandro Martinez training \u2018really well\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Argentine defender <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/lisandro-martinez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lisandro Martinez<\/a> has been on the sidelines due to a knee injury this season, with United missing the South American centre-half in 2025-26.<\/p>\n<p>Amorim has provided a timely update on the former Ajax man\u2019s fitness ahead of a clash with Brighton this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>While Martinez is not yet fit enough to feature against the Seagulls on Saturday, the Argentina international could be set to return to action in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLicha is out,\u201d Amorim told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manutd.com\/en\/news\/detail\/team-news-from-ruben-amorim-for-man-utd-v-brighton-25-oct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">club\u2019s official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe trained really well. He was on the next pitch and I was watching.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s training really well, the knee is looking well but I don\u2019t want to say a specific week [for his return] and then it depends on Licha, whether he wins the spot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>United are missing Martinez\u2019s mentality<\/p>\n<p>Martinez offers United a host of positive attributes that will only help the Old Trafford outfit climb the table upon his return.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old\u2019s aggression, reading of the game and distribution from the back will improve the Red Devils\u2019 defence once he is back and able to feature.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2197287394-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Lisandro Martinez of Manchester United looks on during the Premier League match\" class=\"wp-image-967433\" \/>Photo by Michael Regan\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>However, with United in a state of transition and needing players to stand up and be leaders, Martinez\u2019s winning mentality and determination may well be the attributes most missed at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>The Argentine has only played 31 Premier League games over the last two seasons \u2013 getting him fit and keeping him in the team can see United as much more of a daunting proposition and a harder team to beat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United fans have been revelling this week following their side\u2019s hard-fought 2-1 win over rivals Liverpool last&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[3339,22708,3788,7794,403,99],"class_list":["post-250805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-english-premier-league","tag-lisandro-martinez","tag-manchester-united","tag-ruben-amorim","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}