Carrick brushes off Martínez’s failure to apologise publicly to United director Wilcox

Manchester United coach accepts defender’s apology‘He’s realised he’s made a mistake and that’s enough’Michael Carrick brushed off Lisandro Martínez not offering Jason Wilcox a public apology after the defender criticised Manchester United’s director of football in the wake of Tuesday’s defeat at Atlético Madrid.Martínez referred directly to Wilcox after the 2-0 Champions League loss, saying: “I expect more from our technical director.” Continue reading…

‘He’s realised he’s made a mistake and that’s enough,’ said the Manchester United head coach as he defended Lisandro Martínez’s statement ‘He’s realised he’s made a mistake and that’s enough’ Michael Carrick brushed off Lisandro Martínez not offering Jason Wilcox a public apology after the defender criticised Manchester United’s director of football in the wake of Tuesday’s defeat at Atlético Madrid. Martínez referred directly to Wilcox after the 2-0 Champions League loss, saying: “I expect more from our technical director.” On Thursday Martínez issued an apology that did not mention Wilcox or withdraw the essence of his outburst: the need for more squad investment.

“The frustration of the defeat led me to express how I felt at a time and place that perhaps were not the right ones, and for that I want to apologise,” he said. Carrick was asked whether he respected Martínez for not saying sorry to Wilcox. “He’s released his statement, he’s realised he’s made a mistake and that’s enough for all of us to move on with,” United’s manager said. Carrick was pressed on whether it would have been better