The arrival of Martinez in the Manchester United squad this season has indeed brought a new color to the game. His duet with Varane is very promising even though they still have gaps for opponents to take advantage of. But it was better than our disorganized form last season, with even David de Gea frustrated by their defender's poor performance.
At the beginning of Martinez's arrival, many questioned why he had to be among the many players, yes, those doubts were because many saw Martinez's body posture which was considered not ideal to be a central defender. But now he has been able to prove that Manchester United was not wrong to sign him.
Many people doubted Martinez at the start of the season, because for a central defender in the Premier League to have a tall stature, but Martinez answered these doubts by giving positive results for his club, even though they lost their opening two matches.
Rio Ferdinand once said that Martinez has similarities with Gebriel Heinze and he has the opportunity to become a tough defender for Manchester United.
So far the duet Martinez, Varane, Tyrell Malacia and Diogo Dalot are the best in my opinion, the four defenders make David de Gea not so troublesome.
Martinez's performance is getting more and more integrated with Manchester United and with him at least Manchester United's defense is much better than before, especially when he was duet with Varane.
As for Maguire, he is still the same as the previous season and indeed he is very difficult to improve, especially at this time the hope of him playing more seems a bit difficult to do considering that currently Ten Hag prioritizes players who are better in performance than price.
Maybe you missed the Manchester United game against West Ham, although Maguire has not found the perfect quality of play, but he is starting to improve and is starting to find confidence, although there are still some mistakes made.
Erik Ten Hag knows when a player should be included or on the bench, Maguire's case is no longer trusted as a starting player due to declining performance, so Erik Ten Hag took the decision not to play him.
But when players improve and confidence returns, it will be given time to play slowly. Erik Ten Hag is good at doing this, as evidenced by the players that Manchester United has grown from the previous season.
I have to say something. If being physically perfect was the way to be a better player Lionel Messi wouldn't have been able to be even a good player. The way Martinez has played it was impressive. Yes, I also agree that Manchester United did not make a mistake by signing him
We think the relationship between Leonel Messi and Martinez is not worth it, both have different playing positions, Messi doesn't deal with guarding the penalty area, while Martinez is an important wall in that area. More precisely, Martinez is compared to Gary Medel, Carles Puyol and Franco Baresi, although in terms of quality and contribution they cannot be matched, but Martinez has the opportunity to follow in their footsteps.
And it's true, so far Manchester United have been right to sign him, if you look at the contribution made to the club at this time.