Lisandro Martinez is now injured. This now means that since the start of the season, 12 first-team players have picked up injuries, many of whom are core players.
A similar situation occurred with Liverpool at the beginning of last season, which had a significant impact on their performance. One common factor in both cases is that they remained in all four cup competitions until the very end.
#MUFC played 70 games last season, while Arsenal only had 49 Additionally, the majority of the Man Utd team played extensively during the World Cup.
Bruno Fernandes was the only player in world football to log over 6000 minutes last season.
It doesn't help this season that games are longer, but I believe the injury issues may be partly attributed to having to play so many more games last season without having the squad depth for proper rotation.
Liverpool went from almost winning the Quad to finishing 5th after a disastrous start to last season and an injury crisis. Staying in all four cup competitions with minimal rotations I believe has clearly had its impact on injuries.
@UtdXclusive Vast majority are no longer an option due to the lack of urgency by the club. The fact that the best player brought in during the window is a free, 30 year old player, that is banned from playing in other leagues due to a health issue is a joke.
@MMcEwanGolf Less than the Valspar down here in TPA. I won’t get along with the funding and backing of the LIV tour but this shouldn’t be made out to be a money grab prices are the same at PGA events
A 63-year-old Larry Mize who averaged 230 off the tee playing in his final Masters beat a 28-year-old Bryson DeChambeau who averaged 310 off the tee at a place he once described as a par 67 for him this is the greatest sport on the planet.