Lisandro Martinez throws shade back at Scholes and Butt following nature of criticism directed at the defender.
Lisandro Martínez hits back at Scholes and Manchester United punditocracy.
Following Manchester United’s 2-0 victory against Manchester City at Old Trafford on Saturday, Lisandro Martínez has attacked Paul Scholes for making fun of him on a podcast rather than in person.
Speaking on the Good, the Bad, and the Football prior to the 198th derby, Scholes and Nicky Butt, another well-known former United player, were both critical of the small Martínez and his ability to mark Erling Haaland.
“Haaland would score then throw him in the net,” Scholes said of Martínez. Butt added: “Haaland would pick Martínez up and run with him. You know when you see a dad at school running down the road with a little toddler.”
Responding after the derby to Scholes’s comments, Martínez said: “No, honestly, he can say whatever he wants. I told him already, if he wants to say something to me, he can come to wherever he wants. To my house, wherever. I don’t care.
“And I think for me, I respect the relations [former players] when they want to help the club because everyone can talk on the television, but when you see here face to face, no one says anything in your face. So for me, I don’t really care what they say. I just put the focus on my performance, the performance of the team and I give everything to this club until my last day. It doesn’t give me anything. My motivation is my family. That’s it.”
Scholes later replied on Instagram, saying: “Someone’s had a good game, was really happy for you … Tea, no sugar pls.”