{"id":538084,"date":"2025-10-30T17:44:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T17:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/538084\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T17:44:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T17:44:14","slug":"man-utd-fans-react-as-lisandro-martinez-returns-to-full-team-training-title-charge-prediction-made-clear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/538084\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd fans react as Lisandro Martinez returns to full team training, &#8216;title charge&#8217; prediction made clear"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez has been out injured since February, but this week he has finally returned to first-team group training.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It has been a long fight back to fitness for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/lisandro-martinez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lisandro Martinez<\/a>, with the Argentine ruled out with a knee injury back in February 2025.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/manchester-united-break-silence-on-lisandro-martinez-injury-assessment-ongoing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Martinez\u2019s torn ACL injury<\/a> was one United fans feared might be the end of the cult hero who joined in 2022 under Erik ten Hag.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mail.png\" alt=\"mail icon\"\/>Join our newsletter for news &amp; smart analysis. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/manchester-united-transfer-target-lisandro-martinez-nicknamed-the-butcher-of-amsterdam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Martinez was nicknamed \u2018The Butcher\u2019<\/a> due to his aggression on the pitch, tackles and his on-ball quality in defence are irreplaceable. Now, he\u2019s returned to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/ruben-amorim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ruben Amorim\u2019s<\/a> squad for training.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2241581736-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Lisandro Martinez emerges for Manchester United training session.\" class=\"wp-image-306165\" \/>Photo by Ash Donelon\/Manchester United via Getty ImagesLisandro Martinez back in Manchester United training<\/p>\n<p>There was a welcome sight this week, as after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/how-lisandro-martinez-is-actually-feeling-ahead-of-his-return-to-man-utd-training\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">weeks of Martinez working back to fitness<\/a>, he finally made his return to Carrington pitches for team training for the first time since February.<\/p>\n<p>The United official X account tweeted to reveal the news, writing: \u201cLook who\u2019s back\u201d, with an image of the Argentina international.<\/p>\n<p>Martinez\u2019s return could improve United defensively and in terms of building out from the back. <\/p>\n<p>In response, United fans have been making bold predictions on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United fans react to Martinez training return<\/p>\n<p>Martinez\u2019s eventual comeback performance will be applauded by the fans, but this might yet be a while away as risks won\u2019t be taken. However, his return to training has got fans excited anyway, with title race predictions made.<\/p>\n<p>One tweeted, \u201cImagine this team and this defence, and now Martinez is back. We honestly can fight for the title if we keep calm and carry on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Continuing like this, others agreed. \u201cOur title charge starts now\u2026\u201d, one admitted, while a second added, \u201cGet innn. Our title charge starts now\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy Cult Hero is so back!!! Bring the PL title already!!!\u201d, one fan commented, clearly enthused by Martinez\u2019s return.<\/p>\n<p>Another fan gave Martinez huge praise, before admitted a title charge may be on the cards, \u201cOne of our very own best ball playing defender in the world is back on grass. I won\u2019t be surprised if we win the league this season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is way too early to shout title race, with three wins on the bounce just the beginning, however, the optimism is testament to the work Amorim has done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez has been out injured since February, but this week he has finally returned&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":538085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[94,12236,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-538084","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-lisandro-martinez","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115464363670441945","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/538085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}