Jamie Carragher has branded Lisandro Martinez's comments criticising the Manchester United hierarchy as "awful" - saying the player should look at himself because of his "really poor" start to the season. In an astonishing post-match interview after United's 2-0 loss to Atletico Madrid with 10 men, defender Martinez launched an extraordinary attack on the club chiefs, critisicing the lack of summer investment in the squad. Martinez claimed he expected more from "upstairs", singling out technical director Jason Wilcox, in the most recent transfer window in which they failed to improve their options at left-back and up front.
And responding to those comments, Sky Sports pundit Carragher told CBS Sports: "It doesn't do anybody any good at all, and they will be the story now for the next few days all about this. "Every set of supporters don't like the suits or the guys upstairs, so United fans will lap this up and think it's great. I think it's awful that he's come out and said that right now.
"And when he's saying 'we had a fantastic season last season', they didn't. A manager got sacked last season. "They finished third because they had no cup games.
They got knocked out of the cup competitions very early. The reason they finished third is Liverpool and Chelsea were that bad as well. "Now we're seeing the real Manchester United this season.
They were awful again tonight. "And him as well, when he's talking at the start of this season - I think he's a good player, by the way, he's a World Cup winner, I get that - he's had an awful start to the season. "And yeah, people are lapping it up, Manchester United fans will.
That does nobody any good at all." Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Man Utd spent £155m on just four major summer signings after a third-place Premier League finish last season, which earned a return to the Champions League for the first time in three years. But Martinez is not happy with how the club navigated the summer. "I have to control myself a lot, but sometimes it's a reflection of how our club is at the moment," Martinez told Amazon Prime.
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