Lisandro Martinez took aim at Man Utd director of football Jason Wilcox after the defeat to Atletico Madrid and criticised a lack of investment in the summer.
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Michael Carrick has responded to Lisandro Martinez's comments about Manchester United's summer spending
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Michael Carrick refused to be drawn on Lisandro Martinez's blistering attack on his Manchester United bosses in Madrid and said he will find out more before deciding how to deal with the situation.
Martinez used a post-match interview with Amazon Prime to deliver a broadside at director of football Jason Wilcox as he accused the club of a lack of investment in the summer transfer window.
United have won just two of nine games in all competitions this season but Martinez said it was wrong to point fingers at Carrick and said the 45-year-old hadn't got the backing he deserved during the summer.
Wilcox and chief executive Omar Berrada spent £155million on first-team players during the window, with goalkeeper Karl Darlow and midfielders Andrey Santos, Carlos Baleba and Youri Tielemans coming through the door.
But Martinez insists that wasn't enough to build on the success of last season and he said questions should be asked of Wilcox and those in charge of strategy, rather than Carrick, after a disappointing start to the season.
Asked if he would speak to Martinez after the interview, Carrick said: "I need to find out a bit more about it before I can say if and what is going to be done. I really can't comment any further because I haven't seen it," he said.
Carrick was also asked whether he agreed with Martinez's claim that he hadn't got the backing he deserved during the summer, but having not seen the interview he declined to offer a view, although he seemed keen to try and draw a line under the episode as soon as possible.
"I haven't seen the interview; I've heard about it as the interview was done, but I think it's a little bit on the emotions of the game as well," he said. "Coming here and being disappointed not to get something from the game. Straight after a game for me isn't the time to talk about that interview because I haven't seen it, so I can't really comment on that.
"But I think it's important for us to move forward quickly, really. There is a big game on Sunday, and it's really important that we move forward and we stay focused on that. There's disappointment within the group. I'm very disappointed in certain things, and the boys are as well."
Carrick said his players were "hurting" after the start to the season but praised what they were delivering for him in terms of effort and commitment.
"I don't doubt the togetherness or the wanting to win or the willingness to do things to win. I really don't doubt that," he said. "I know results-wise, it's easy to look and think there's something kind of deeply wrong because we haven't won enough games, so I understand that.
"But the players have been great, I have to say. Great not in a nice way, but they want to push, they're willing, they're very disappointed that they haven't come out tonight with something from the game, because we were desperate and we feel actually we could have, and maybe should have."