Manchester United manager Michael Carrick has insisted that he and everyone else at the club have “moved on” from Lisandro Martínez’s explosive midweek comments by way of explaining the defender’s selection in Sunday’s starting XI against Leeds United.
In the immediate aftermath of Martínez’s stunning outburst on Tuesday night, when the Argentina international used his postmatch media duties to call out a perceived lack of investment in this summer’s transfer window, there were concerns that his Manchester United career may have ended in the bowels of Atlético Madrid’s stadium.