Lisandro Martinez hits back at Man Utd legend Paul Scholes over recent criticism

Lisandro Martinez has responded to Paul Scholes after the Manchester United legend's recent claims.

Argentine centre-back Martinez has been ruled out for the rest of the 24/25 campaign after suffering a serious knee injury during the 2-0 defeat by Crystal Palace earlier in the month.

Speaking about Martinez during a recent episode of The Overlap Fan Debate, brought to you by Sky Bet, Scholes questioned whether the Argentine is good enough for United to win the Premier League title.

He said: "Even when he's fit he's not good enough to win the Premier League with."

Now, Martinez has hit back at the former midfielder.

Lisandro Martinez hits back at Paul Scholes

As reported by the Daily Mail, Martinez wrote on social media: "This jinx guy is really hurting....You put him in Argentina, and he wouldn’t survive."

Aside from Martinez, Scholes also took aim at the likes of Matthijs de Ligt and Leny Yoro.

Lisandro Martinez is unlikely to play again this season. Image: Getty

On the Dutchman, Scholes said: "His (De Ligt's) age (25) and his amount of clubs already concerns me. He was brilliant at Ajax, he seems to be getting worse as he gets older. Bayern Munich, Juventus, they've let him go for some reason.

"Where are your ambitions? I'm talking about getting a team to win the Premier League. Are you going to win the Premier League with De Ligt and Yoro as your centre halves? You (a fan) said you think they're quite good. Is quite good good enough?"

Speaking about Yoro, he added: "Look, he's a young player, but I haven't liked what I've seen so far.

"Did you see the Southampton game? He's a young player, he's one centre half I would keep, when I talk about that spine and two centre halves."

Since arriving to Old Trafford from Dutch side Ajax for a reported fee of £55 million back in 2022, Martinez has won the Carabao Cup and the FA Cup.