Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez is set to undergo surgery on Monday as he faces three months out of action with a foot injury.
United's defensive injury woes just lurch from one nightmare to the next.
Tyrell Malacia and Luke Shaw being out injured forced a loan deal for Sergio Reguilon, but now he is on the treatment table too.
Aaron Wan-Bissaka is facing two months out and Raphael Varane is hardly reliable when it comes to injury problems.
Now it's Lisandro Martinez facing a lengthy lay-off having suffered a recurrence of a foot problem from earlier this year...
Martinez missed the back end of last season with a metatarsal problem, and he has sadly suffered the same injury again.
The Daily Mail now claim that Martinez will be undergoing surgery on Monday in order to try and fix the problem.
Martinez has damaged the fifth metatarsal in his right foot and will go under the knife tomorrow.
This is an enormous blow for United with Martinez now expected to miss around three months of action.
Martinez is understood to have taken painkillers to play against Brighton and Bayern Munich, but the situation now needs surgery.
Martinez a major miss for Manchester United
This is exactly what United didn't need and just further exacerbates the defensive issues facing Erik ten Hag.
Losing Martinez will feel particularly painful; Ten Hag specifically wanted the Argentinian to follow him from Ajax to United.
United splashed out £47million rising to £55.5million for Martinez, securing a reunion with Ten Hag in the process.
Martinez has been an automatic pick in defence whenever available with Ten Hag clear a huge fan despite questions about his size.
Martinez now leaves United down another defender and Ten Hag may need to start looking to the reserves for a solution with no end in sight for these injury problems.
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