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TOM COLLOMOSSE: Lisandro Martinez has silenced the doubters by overcoming a rocky start at Manchester United to shore up what was once a fragile backline... Harry Maguire has never looked further from Erik ten Hag's thoughts

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The greatest compliment you can pay Lisandro Martinez is that very few people talk about Manchester United’s defence any more.

Apart from those difficult early weeks of the season, when United were losing to Brentford and Brighton and Martinez was dismissed because he is only 5ft 9ins, the United back four is no longer a popular topic for debate.

Remember the Harry Maguire psychodrama during the tortuous latter days of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s regime? Error after error followed by discussion after discussion about whether Solskjaer would keep faith with the England defender.