Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez has suffered an anterior cruciate ligament harm in his knee which is about to rule the centre-back out for the remainder of the season.
The 27-year-old was once taken off on a stretcher overdue on throughout the house defeat by way of Crystal Palace on Sunday with a subject United boss Ruben Amorim described on the time as a “severe state of affairs”.
“Overview of the harm is ongoing to decide the best process remedy and the timescale for his rehabilitation,” Manchester United stated on Thursday.
“Everybody at Manchester United needs Lisandro Martinez power for a a success restoration and we can be supporting him each step of the best way.”
Martinez’s absence will probably be a blow for Amorim as he tries to toughen the fortunes of the Previous Trafford facet.
United are thirteenth within the Premier League after the defeat by way of Palace, which was once the membership’s 7th loss in 13 house video games this season.
“Licha [Martinez] is a hard state of affairs,” stated Amorim, talking earlier than his facet’s FA Cup fourth-round tie at house towards Leicester Town on Friday.
“He will be out for some time. We do not know the level of the harm however it is an harm that is going to take time.”
The inside track comes at a time when there are renewed doubts over the health of left-back Luke Shaw, who has now not began a sport for United in nearly twelve months.
“Luke has one small factor in a special house from the closing harm, so we you should be cautious with Luke,” added Amorim.
