Manchester United’s Lisandro Martínez and Victor Lindelöf both out for a month
Argentinian defender sustained a calf strain in trainingSwede forced off against Brentford with a hamstring injury
Manchester United’s hopes of Champions League qualification and winning the FA Cup have been engulfed in a defensive crisis after Lisandro Martínez and Victor Lindelöf were ruled out for a minimum of a month due to muscle problems.
Erik ten Hag’s team are in sixth place on 48 points, 11 behind Aston Villa in fourth and nine from Tottenham, who are fifth, having played a match less, ahead of Thursday’s trip to Chelsea. Martínez and Lindelöf’s respective injuries will cause both defenders to miss at least five games plus the FA Cup semi-final against Coventry on 21 April.
