After Manchester United lost 0-2 to Atlético Madrid in the Champions League, Lisandro Martinez, in an interview with Amazon, called on the club's executives to increase investment in player transfers. Jamie Carragher criticized these comments on CBS Sports, stating that they help no one, and emphasizing that clubs should act like families, maintaining unity in public.

Kate: Lisandro Martinez criticizes Manchester United's management. Here we go. This comes after the loss to Atlético Madrid.

Lisandro Martinez: "We played very well last season, and now we expect more from top management, to bring in more players, to make the team more competitive, because many other teams have also brought in a lot of players. I'm 100% expecting more investment. I hope our technical director, Wilcox, does more. I have to be honest and say that as players, we also need to do more. But building a strong squad and preparing the team for matches like tonight is also very important. It's easy to blame the coach, it's easy to blame the players, but we also need to look at other aspects."

Kate: By the way, this is from an Amazon interview. Jamie, what do you make of him making these comments after the match?

Carragher: Making comments like that after a match helps no one. Over the next few days, this will be the focus, and everyone will be talking about what he said. Every team's fans dislike the executives in suits, they dislike the club hierarchy. So Manchester United fans will be happy to hear this and think he said it perfectly. But in my opinion, it's very poor timing for him to say these things now. I really do think so.

He said, "We played very well last season." Not really. One manager was sacked last season. Sacked!

They finished third because they had no cup competitions to play in. They didn't compete in European competition, and they were knocked out of the domestic cup very early. Then everyone said Manchester United finished third, what a great season. They only finished third because Liverpool and Chelsea played so poorly.

This season, what we're seeing is the real Manchester United. The reason they haven't continued to buy players in the summer is because, in the four or five years Martinez has been there, my impression is they've only competed in the Champions League once, which is this season. Only once.

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

And about him personally. By the way, I think he's a good player. He's a World Cup winner, I understand that. But he's started this season very poorly, very poorly—his performance has been really poor. Everyone will be happy to hear him say these things, Manchester United fans. But it helps no one.

Richards: Tell us what you really think.

Carragher: That's what I'm paid to do. What do you make of Martinez's comments?

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

Carragher: Which parts do you agree with?

Richards: No, no, I agree with what you're saying. I think you're right.

Kate: Do you think he's blaming the wrong people, or do you think his comments themselves are inappropriate?

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

Carragher: Okay, let me respond for a moment. One of those young defenders, Yoro, cost fifty million. He was considered the best young defender in the world at the time. You know, both Real Madrid and Liverpool wanted him. He's been there for two years. I'm not even sure how old he is now, but people still treat him like a kid. He was considered the best young defender 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 definitely not referring to center-back. He's not referring to center-back; he's referring to other positions on the pitch. So, how do you think the players who joined in the summer feel when they hear him saying these things now?

I'm not criticizing him just because he's a Manchester United player. Last season, when Rúben Amorim criticized the club executives, I immediately said he should have been sacked. Not just because of what he said. I mean, he was lucky to keep his job. You can't criticize your superiors like that.

I've always disliked that approach. I think a football club is like a family. Many things happen in a family; people argue, people are unhappy about certain things. I can understand if he's unhappy with the squad, and Michael Carrick might be unhappy too. But as a football club, as a family, we all know there will be issues among siblings, parents, aunts and uncles. Someone might not like someone, and there will be arguments from time to time. But I'm telling you, once you leave the house, you have to present yourselves united. You have to do that, you have to defend each other.

I'm serious now, I really do think so. I think football clubs are the same way. When I was at Liverpool, if someone said something they shouldn't have, or criticized the manager, or the manager criticized the executives, I always hated it. We had to be united. Maybe it's a bit of a show, but you have to do it; families do it, and football clubs do it. Now, this is going to be the talk of everyone. This is going to grow, this is really going to blow up. I think his comments have crossed the line.

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, anyone who wants to say things like this, keep it in the dressing room. Simple as that. That's the only way to handle it properly.

If rumors then leak from there, from the dressing room, that's another issue. You always have to say it directly to the person, whoever you think has a problem, you tell them directly, that's it. Saying these things through the media, through… I'm not a fan of that approach. I've also seen some players do this for certain reasons, trying to force a transfer.

But I've always believed that whatever you think about someone, you say it directly to them. And I'm not trying to deliberately defend him by taking the other side, but after a match, you sometimes say things you might regret later, because you might be very angry, very disappointed at that moment. Maybe he was trying to protect his manager, because you can see he mentioned things about the coach. But these things, you can say them 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.

Diterjemahkan oleh AI.

Situs web AF kini hadir! Lihat berita lengkap, komentar, detail pertandingan, dan statistik di komputer Anda. Kunjungi: www.allfootballapp.com