Lisandro Martinez is happy that his former Ajax teammate Andre Onana has joined him at Manchester United. Having made the move from Inter Milan, Onana has now made two appearances on the pre-season tour and in the most recent game against Borussia Dortmund he chased after Harry Maguire to berate him for being out of position.
Martinez has spoken about how important it is for players to hold each other accountable.
It’s better for (it), it’s better. If you are focused, you can fight with your teammates as well. You need to make sure everyone is really sharp, but nothing happened (with Maguire). It’s part of football.
Andre has a big personality. He can play football, he can deal with the pressure, he’s really positive, he’s a leader, that’s the style of Manchester United.
We need to be better and strong in the mind because football is mental. When you lose, sometimes in one second, you can concede many goals in the Premier League. You can’t sleep. But we want to show something different this season.
Martinez has picked up a couple of bookings on the tour for tough challenges but he has explained that it’s impossible for him to play without passion.
When I play football, I give everything. I play like this, with passion, because when I look at the badge I represent this club, it’s amazing. All I can only give is my body and my heart and everything. I represent this club with my all and I hope all the players do as well.
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