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Manchester United's former midfielder Roy Keane isn't afraid to speak his mind when it comes to the Red Devils, and it's hard to argue with one of his recent outbursts.
The Red Devils are on a shocking run of form at the moment under Michael Carrick, and the United manager is under severe pressure to keep his job.
There have been arguments that Carrick has been let down by his recruitment team when it comes to United's transfer business in 2026/27, and he's now being let down by his current crop of players.
United currently find themselves sitting in 17th position in the Premier League, having won just one game all season.
The Manchester club have also been disappointing in Europe, so it's safe to say nothing is going right for them at the moment.
Their struggles this season were summed up against Chelsea on the weekend.
There was a reasonable performance from United in the first half, but after going a goal down to a Morgan Rogers strike, everything fell apart.
If anything summed up United's struggles, it was the moment Chelsea were awarded a penalty for Cole Palmer to step up and score their second.
Lisandro Martinez gave away the spot kick in an embarrassing fashion and received a second yellow card in the process.
It was a completely needless challenge from Martinez, made even worse by the fact that he was already on a yellow.
This comes just weeks after he spoke out to the media about United's struggles in the transfer market, calling out Jason Wilcox in particular.
United supporters certainly won't mind if players are vocal in the media about the team, but they have to produce on the pitch.
Martinez's performances don't warrant him speaking out like he did, as he continues to let the team down.
Rather than looking to blame others, United's players need to be looking inwards and seeing what they can do to get the team out of this mess.
Jason Wilcox
Jason Wilcox
Keane is right about Martinez
Manchester United's Lisandro Martinez looks down
Keane has been incredibly vocal about Martinez, particularly when he spoke out about the hierarchy just a few weeks ago.
The former United midfielder suggested that Martinez needs to look in the mirror before questioning others, and needs to improve his performance levels.
“Listen, that's where I go and look at the man in the mirror. Before you start coming up with all these comments, go back to... at least start playing well yourself. To get Man United back to where you think they should be, near the top of the table, is to start defending better."
There's no doubt Keane has a completely valid point. Martinez simply hasn't been good enough for United for a long time now, and he's not in a position to criticise others without improving his performances first.
United supporters might accept poor performances, but the way he let down the Red Devils against Chelsea was unacceptable.