Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag is hopeful Lisandro Martinez will be fit to play in Saturday’s Community Shield clash. With Manchester City amid fitness concerns over a number of defenders.
In his pre-match press conference. Ten Hag said there were still questions about the fitness of Harry Maguire, Victor Lindelof, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Luke Shaw.UFABET
That means Ten Hag could be without four defensive players in the pre-season, with injuries including Leni Yoro and Tyrell Malacia.
Ten Hag could be tempted to use the likes of Lisandro Martinez and Diogo Dalot. Who have not played a single minute of pre-season due to their international commitments in the summer.
“We think Lucha will be involved in this game.” Ten Hag said specifically about the centre-back.
“Maguire didn’t play in the pre-season defeat at Liverpool. But he’s still a question mark going into Saturday’s game. We’ve trained, we’ll see if he’s fit enough to play.”
“Victor, he’s played but he’s still a question mark, Wan-Bissaka and Luke Shaw as well. We have to assess them (on Friday).”
On players like Martinez and Dalot, who missed the tour of America. Ten Hag said: “We sent them in the off-season schedule. But they all had different starts in the pre-season weeks when we were in America, so we will assess them individually.”
Jonny Evans was ill during the defeat to Liverpool. While Harry Amas is also in contention to start at Wembley.