Martinez cuts short his call-up with Argentina to return to England tomorrow
Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez has cut short his call-up with Argentina's national squad and will return to England on Saturday.
The combative centre-back was a surprise addition to Lionel Scaloni's squad to face El Salvador and Costa Rica in the USA as he has missed the last six weeks of action with United after sustaining a knee injury against West Ham in February.
Martinez trained with his Argentina teammates this week but has now decided to come back to England and prepare fully for United's Premier League fixture against Brentford where he hopes to make his comeback.
United initially allowed Martinez to link up with the World Cup winners to give him a boost in his recovery programme and in the knowledge they would have varied, high-level training sessions.
The 26-year-old's rehabilitation has gone to plan but he now feels he is best placed coming back to Manchester as he prepares to make a first team return or the evening kick-off next Saturday, March 30.
Martinez took part in full group training alongside the likes of Chelsea's Enzo Fernandez in Philadelphia which he feels has benefitted his progress.
Like his counterpart at Manchester United Erik ten Hag, Argentina boss Scaloni considers Martinez an important component to his squad and wanted to ensure he still felt part of their plans for what was his country's last get-together before the Copa America tournament in June.
Martinez will now step up training at United's Carrington base this week.
Martinez has been sorely missed by United over recent weeks as they have also had to contend with injuries to Harry Maguire, Jonny Evans, Luke Shaw and Raphael Varane.
The latter remains a target for Saudi Arabian clubs such as Al Ittihad in the summer while United
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