Manchester United Is Eating Itself Alive

In terms of things you simply do not want to see happening at the club you support within the first two months of the season, one of your star players blasting the entire organizational hierarchy has to be pretty high up there. That's exactly what's happening at Manchester United, though, following a brutal start (one win, three draws, two losses, and 13th place) to what was supposed to be an exemplary Premier League season and a listless and frustrating 2-0 defeat on Tuesday to Atlético Madrid in the second match day of the Champions League campaign. The locker room is now officially unsettled, as Lisandro Martínez made clear in his postgame interview on Tuesday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE3Ux23BNLo That's Martínez, perhaps still in his feelings about a confrontation at the end of the match with his Argentine compatriots on Atleti, blasting United from top to bottom. Of particular note are his quotes directed at technical director Jason Wilcox, whom the center back feels did not do enough to allow United to build on last season's successes: "We did a fantastic season last season and now we expect more from the top, more players to compete because many teams bring many players as well." When asked if he expected more investment in order to bring United to the level of the Champions League and a side like Atlético, Martínez didn't hesitate:

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