Man United sign Colombian defender as Lisandro Martínez recovers

Manchester United has been missing Lisandro Martínez for some time, who has not played since the anterior cruciate ligament tear in his left knee that he suffered in early February, during a match against Crystal Palace. That injury came shortly after he had recovered from a fracture in the fifth metatarsal that also required surgical intervention, so between last season and the current one, in which he has not yet debuted, the defender only participated in 20 matches with the Red Devils.

The undesirable string of serious injuries that the world champion with the Argentina National Team in Qatar has had to go through led the Red Devils' board to decide to start making room for a generational change in the defense, and as a result, an agreement has already been reached for the future incorporation of a gem from Colombian football.

This is Cristian Orozco, 17 years old, who will be able to join the club once he has turned 18, as already happened in Real Madrid's negotiations for Franco Mastantuono, and who has the particularity of being able to play both as a central marker and as a defensive midfielder.

It was the Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano, specialized in the transfer market, who revealed that Manchester United reached an agreement with Fortaleza CEIF, a team from the First Division of Colombian Football, to secure the player's services in exchange for just one million dollars.

Scouts from different European teams have been following the evolution of Orozco, who is the captain of the Colombia U-17 team that will compete in the category's World Cup to be held this year in Qatar, from November 5 to 27.

Understanding that Cristian Orozco is a future addition, at Manchester United they hope to soon recover Lisandro Martínez , who although is going through the final stretch of his rehabilitation is not yet training with the group but in individual sessions.

According to estimates by the club's medical staff, his return to being available to be chosen by Ruben Amorim will not happen at least until November , considering that he will also have to gain muscle mass and physical and football rhythm before that happens.

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