Overview
- The centre-back has been sidelined since February with a serious knee injury and has now returned to group work at Carrington.
- Joshua Zirkzee’s Instagram story showed Martínez in a practice match setting with academy players, hinting at progress without confirming selection.
- Reports suggest he was permitted to train with Argentina during the international break to build fitness.
- Rúben Amorim has praised Martínez’s progress yet declined to specify a comeback timeline, and an update is expected at Friday’s pre-Everton press conference.
- Amorim says United miss Martínez’s aggression and ball-playing, though Luke Shaw’s ever-present role on the left of the back line could delay a starting return.