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'Huge pride' - Lisandro Martinez reacts to his Manchester United shirt being presented to the Pope

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Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez took to social media to express his pride at Pope Francis being presented with his Reds shirt.

Earlier this week, Andy Burnham - the Mayor of Greater Manchester - gave the Pope a signed Martinez jersey. The gift was handed to the 86-year-old during the Mayor's visit to the Vatican as a part of a delegation who were given a private audience with Pope Francis to discuss climate change.

It came as somewhat of a surprise to see the Pope pictured with Martinez's shirt, but the Argentinian centre-back was understandably proud of the exchange.

He took to Twitter to speak about his joy, while also thanking Burnham and United for the gesture. ALSO READ: Erik ten Hag admits to mentality issue in Manchester United squad He wrote: "Thank you to @ManUtd and @AndyBurnhamGM for presenting my shirt to que His Holiness Pope Francis, for whom I have great respect and feel huge pride as an Argentinian".

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