‘Doesn’t know the word pain’ – What Lisandro Martinez could bring to Arsenal or Manchester United

Another transfer window, another Ajax player being linked with a move to another (normally Premier League) club, you can set your watch to it. This time the player in question is Ajax and Argentina defender Lisandro Martinez, who was initially being linked to Manchester United (where former boss Erik ten Hag is the new manager) and now more recently Arsenal. Ad/> In order to find out everything about Martinez we got in touch with Kevin van Nunen from Eurosport Netherlands to give us the entire lowdown on Martinez.

TransfersNo homecoming but a Real great gets his Hollywood ending — The Warm-Up13 HOURS AGO /> How has Martinez’s Ajax career gone? What are his strengths? The now 24-year-old Martinez has been a very reliable player for Ajax. It was bullseye transfer! He came over in the summer of 2019 from the Argentinian team Defensa y Justicia which is why nobody knew him in The Netherlands. He was the second player from Argentina in a short time, after Nicolas Tagliafico, who became one of the key players in the 18/19 season, so there was confidence in him being an addition.

At first, there was however a bit of hesitation as well: is Martinez a full back, a centre-back or even a midfielder perhaps? He played several positions, but when he eventually played as a central defender his strengths came to light. And what strength he has! Martinez hardly loses one on one, he is such a strong player. He plays hard but fair and just doesn’t seem to know the word ‘pain’.