Wilcox the target again in another damaging Man Utd falling-out

Lisandro Martinez's explosive comments after Manchester United's Champions League defeat by Atletico Madrid turn the spotlight back on director of football Jason Wilcox. Jason Wilcox's role at Manchester United is under scrutiny after Lisandro Martinez's comments It is almost 10 months since Jason Wilcox was in the line of fire when Ruben Amorim gave the explosive post-match press conference at Leeds that triggered his dismissal. Amorim was furious Manchester United's director of football had subtly advised him to change tactics for the previous game against Wolves. "I will do my job and every department, the scouting department, the sporting director, needs to do theirs," said Amorim. Less than 24 hours after that chiding, Amorim was sacked, and the focus was on the part Wilcox played in that.

This time Lisandro Martinez was doing the firing and had a target in mind. He might have got the job title slightly wrong, but there was no doubting who Martinez meant after the 2-0 loss to Atletico Madrid when he said: "I expect more from our technical director." There is no doubting either that Martinez knew what he was saying. Working as a post-match interviewer for US broadcaster CBS, legendary former United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel tried to steer Martinez away from discussion about his old club's summer transfer window on four occasions. Each