Following Manchester United's 0-2 away defeat to Atlético Madrid in the Champions League, Lisandro Martinez called on club leadership to increase investment in new signings during an Amazon interview. Jamie Carragher criticized these comments on CBS Sports, arguing that such public statements don't benefit anyone and emphasizing that the club should act as a family and maintain unity outside the dressing room.

Kate: Lisandro Martinez criticizes Manchester United leadership. Here we go again. This comes after the defeat to Atlético Madrid.

Lisandro Martinez: "We showed great form last season, and now we expect more from the board—to bring in more players to make the squad more competitive, because many other teams have signed quite a few players. I expect 100% more investment. I hope our Technical Director Wilcox will do more. To be honest, as players, we have to do more as well. But building a strong squad and preparing the team for matches like tonight is also very important. It's easy to blame the coach, easy to blame the players, but we also have to look at other aspects."

Kate: By the way, he said this in an interview with Amazon. Jamie, what do you make of him saying this after the match?

Carragher: Making those kinds of comments after a match doesn't help anyone. Over the next few days, this will become the focus, and everyone will be talking about it. Fans of every club dislike their suits—the management, the board. So Manchester United fans will love hearing this, thinking he's right. But I think the timing of these comments is really poor. I genuinely do.

He says, "We showed great form last season." They didn't. A manager was sacked last season. Sacked!

They finished third because they had no cup competitions to play in. They weren't in Europe and were knocked out of the cup competitions early. Then people said Manchester United finished third—what a great season. They finished third partly because Liverpool and Chelsea performed so badly.

This season is showing what Manchester United really are. The reason they aren't spending more in the summer is that in the four or five years Martinez has been there, if I remember correctly, they've only qualified for the Champions League once—this season, just once.

If you don't have Champions League revenue every year but you're spending 200 million on transfers each summer, eventually that has to stop because you don't have that kind of money. This summer, Manchester United is still paying installments on players they bought years ago. That's why they don't have much money to spend now. You can't just keep spending like that forever. And, as I said, this squad has been through several managers, but their record isn't good enough. They've played poorly, and they played poorly again tonight.

And on him personally—look, I think he's a good player. He's a World Cup winner, I understand that. But his start to this season has been terrible, absolutely terrible, and his form has been really poor. People will like hearing this, Manchester United fans will like it. But it doesn't help anyone.

Richards: Tell me what you really think.

Carragher: That's what you're paid to do. What do you think about Martinez's comments?

Richards: I think a lot of what you just said is right, a lot of it.

Carragher: Which parts do you agree with?

Richards: No, I mean I agree with what you said, genuinely. I think you're right.

Kate: Do you think he blamed the wrong people, or do you think his comments were simply inappropriate?

Richards: No, I think if you go into the Champions League with a defensive line that's been playing together for some time... Jamie mentioned the young defenders on the squad, and that's a good point. If Manchester United want to compete at the highest level, they need a stronger squad. So I can understand Martinez's viewpoint. But I also understand Jamie's point: if you keep spending, keep spending, keep spending, when does it end?

Carragher: Okay, let me address that a bit. One of those young defenders, Yoro, cost 50 million. He was considered one of the best young defenders in the world at that time. Real Madrid and Liverpool both wanted him. He's been there two years now. I'm not even sure how old he is now, but people still treat him like a child. He was regarded as one of the best young defenders at the time. And there's something interesting when players say these things: they never talk about their own position.

Whenever a player says, "We haven't done enough in the transfer market," he's certainly not referring to the center-backs. He won't be referring to the center-backs; he's referring to other positions on the pitch. So how do you think the players who joined in the summer feel hearing him say this now?

And I'm not criticizing him because he plays for Manchester United. Last season, when Ruben Amorim criticized the board, I immediately said he should be sacked. Not just for what he said—I mean, he's lucky to still have his job. You can't publicly criticize your superiors like that.

I've never liked this approach. I think a football club is like a family. Things happen within a family: arguments, disagreements about certain matters. I understand he might be unhappy with the squad, and Michael Carrick might be too. But as a football club, as a family, we all know there will be friction between siblings, parents, uncles, aunts; some people won't like others, and there will be occasional arguments. But I'm telling you, once you step outside the house, you have to present a united front. You have to do that; you have to support each other.

Now I'm being serious, I really think that. I think it's the same for football clubs. When I was at Liverpool, if someone said something they shouldn't have, or criticized the manager, or the manager criticized the board, I always hated that. We should be one unit. It might seem a bit theatrical, but you have to do it; families do it, and football clubs do too. Now this whole thing is going to be everyone's talking point. It's going to blow up, it's going to completely blow up. I think he crossed the line with those comments.

Kate: From a manager's perspective, what do you think?

Henry: I'm not a manager anymore; I'm sitting here with you. I always say, if you want to say something like this, keep it in the dressing room. Simple as that. That's the only acceptable way to handle it.

If rumors then leak from that room, from the dressing room, that's another issue. You should always speak directly to the person—whoever you think has an issue, tell them directly, and that's it. Saying these things through the media, through… I really don't like that approach. I've also seen some players do this for certain reasons, to push through a transfer move.

But I've always believed more in speaking your mind directly to someone, face-to-face. And I'm not trying to defend him by taking the opposite side, but right after a match, sometimes you say things you might later regret, because at that moment you might be very angry, very disappointed. Perhaps he was trying to defend his manager, because you can see he mentioned things about the manager, etc. But these are things you discuss in the dressing room.

Carragher: What do you think?

Kate: What do I think? I completely understand your point about family, and I think you're right.

Website AF đã ra mắt! Xem tin tức đầy đủ, bình luận, chi tiết trận đấu và thống kê trên máy tính. Truy cập: www.allfootballapp.com