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Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez has suffered an anterior cruciate ligament wounded successful his genu which is acceptable to regularisation the centre-back retired for the remainder of the season.
The 27-year-old was taken disconnected connected a stretcher precocious connected during the location decision by Crystal Palace connected Sunday with an contented United brag Ruben Amorim described astatine the clip arsenic a "serious situation".
"Assessment of the wounded is ongoing to find the due people of attraction and the timescale for his rehabilitation," Manchester United said connected Thursday.
"Everyone astatine Manchester United wishes Lisandro Martinez spot for a palmy betterment and we volition beryllium supporting him each measurement of the way."
Martinez's lack volition beryllium a stroke for Amorim arsenic helium tries to amended the fortunes of the Old Trafford side.
United are 13th successful the Premier League aft the decision by Palace, which was the club's seventh nonaccomplishment successful 13 location games this season.
"Licha [Martinez] is simply a hard situation," said Amorim, speaking earlier his side's FA Cup fourth-round necktie astatine location against Leicester City connected Friday.
"He's going to beryllium retired for a while. We don't cognize the grade of the wounded but it's an wounded that's going to instrumentality time."
The quality comes astatine a clip erstwhile determination are renewed doubts implicit the fittingness of left-back Luke Shaw, who has not started a crippled for United successful astir 12 months.
"Luke has 1 tiny contented successful a antithetic country from the past injury, truthful we effort to beryllium cautious with Luke," added Amorim.
According to probe from Ben Dinnery of Premier Injuries, Martinez is the 10th subordinate successful the Premier League to endure an anterior genu ligament wounded (ACL) this season.
Tottenham announced this week that defender Radu Dragusin had injured his ACL successful his close knee successful a Europa League triumph against Elfsborg.
He is expected to beryllium retired for astatine slightest six months, though immoderate ACL injuries tin support players retired of enactment for up to a year.
Seven of this season's 10 ACLs person travel this year, with 5 players having suffered a akin wounded successful January.
There were 9 during the 2023-24 campaign, portion Emiliano Buendia and Wesley Fofana suffered ACL injuries successful pre-season before.
The past clip the fig of ACLs reached treble figures during a play was erstwhile determination were 12 successful 2016-17.
A three-year task connected ACL wounded prevention is ongoing successful the Women's Super League. Research suggests pistillate footballers are 2 to six times much apt to endure ACL injuries than their antheral counterparts.
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