Lucía Perdomo

🎙️🗣️ SIR ALEX FERGUSON BACKING LISANDRO MARTINEZ 🗣️"I have always believed that Manchester United is bigger than any individual, but that does not mean we should ignore the truth simply because it makes certain people uncomfortable." 🗣️"When a player like Lisandro Martínez speaks about what is happening inside the club, the first question should not be whether his words are convenient. The first question should be whether he has a point." 🗣️"I built teams that were expected to win trophies, not teams that were satisfied with simply participating. At Manchester United, second best was never the objective. We could lose a match, of course, because football is football, but what mattered was how we responded, the standards we demanded, and the hunger we showed afterwards." 🗣️"That is what made this club special." 🗣️"If Martínez believes that more should be expected from the technical leadership, then I want to know why. Why should a player who puts his body on the line every weekend be afraid to ask difficult questions? Why should the manager be expected to carry the entire responsibility for every failure while other people escape scrutiny? Football is a collective responsibility, and nobody at Manchester United should be too important to answer for their decisions." 🗣️"Let me make something very clear: changing managers is not a magic solution. You can bring in one manager, dismiss him when results become difficult, appoint another, and repeat the same process for years." 🗣️"But if the structures surrounding that manager remain ineffective, what exactly do you expect to change? A new face in the dugout cannot automatically repair poor recruitment, a lack of planning, or a club without a consistent footballing identity. I have seen what happens when a club loses its standards. People begin making excuses. They start blaming individual players, then the manager, then injuries, then the schedule. Eventually, everybody has an explanation for why Manchester United are struggling, but very few people accept responsibility for fixing the problem. That is not the Manchester United I knew. 🗣️When I was in charge, there was pressure on everyone. Players had to perform. Coaches had to improve the team. Scouts had to identify the right players. The people running the football operation had to understand what the manager needed. Nobody could simply point at somebody else and say, 'That is not my responsibility.' We were all working towards one objective: making Manchester United successful. 🗣️And if Martínez expected more from the technical director, I would tell him this: those are legitimate questions to ask. The technical leadership of a football club cannot simply stand in the background when things go wrong. If the recruitment is not delivering, if the squad is unbalanced, or if the manager is not being given the right tools, somebody must explain what is happening. You cannot spend years talking about rebuilding and then act surprised when supporters become impatient. Rebuilding is not an excuse to abandon ambition. It is a process that requires intelligent decisions, clear leadership, and people who understand what Manchester United represents.