Manchester United officially announced the signing of Lisandro Martinez on Wednesday afternoon. After beating Arsenal to the 24-year-old's signature, United will add him to their squad ahead of the new Premier League season.
Erik ten Hag has worked with Martinez at Ajax for the past few years. He knows his strengths and weaknesses and will now begin to integrate him into his team throughout the remainder of pre-season.
In fact, there is enough evidence to suggest the Dutch coach started to make adjustments for the Argentine weeks ago. Before Martinez had even agreed to sign, Ten Hag seemed to be opening up a space for him. READ MORE: Erik ten Hag is already changing David de Gea's style at Manchester United For most of his career at Old Trafford, Harry Maguire has been deployed on the left of a two-man centre-back pairing, despite having a preference to use his right foot.
The English defender didn't experience the strongest campaign last season, with Ten Hag even questioned following his arrival in Manchester whether Maguire would retain the captaincy.
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