Ashley Young has lambasted Lisandro Martinez ahead of Manchester United’s Champions League clash with Roma.

The Red Devils are looking to snap a winless run of nine matches that has seen pressure pile on manager Michael Carrick.

Martinez has made headlines in the past few weeks, firstly with his comments criticising the club’s hierarchy, calling out director of football Jason Wilcox after United’s 2-0 defeat by Atletico Madrid, and then he was sent off against Chelsea over the weekend in their latest 2-0 loss.

The centre-back was not acknowledged by his manager as he trudged off at Stamford Bridge, despite issuing an apology a few days after he had made his public comments on the club’s recruitment strategy.

The World Cup winner did double down on his comments with a social media statement, before shortly retracting that after a meeting with Carrick and the United board.

He was then left on the substitutes’ bench for the visit of Roma, with Ayden Heaven preferred alongside Harry Maguire. What compounded the blow to the Argentina international was that he is suspended for the Premier League fixture against Aston Villa this weekend, which would usually have made him a shoo-in for the midweek game.

Former United man Young believes that his old employers need to “get rid” of the defender, whose contract expires at the end of the season.

"If I was the manager at the club or if I was one of the owners, I'd be looking at January and saying, ‘get him out now’,” Young said on Amazon Prime Video.

“Just get rid of him. Because he's not bringing anything to the football club."

It is believed that Martinez wanted to leave United in the summer transfer window, and was looking to push through a move to Atletico, although a deal never properly progressed.