Did you know about Martinez's amazing 2021/22?
Lisandro Martinez joins Manchester United after arguably the best season of his career to date, during which he was voted as Ajax's Player of the Year.
He follows an illustrious list of former winners that includes Edwin van der Sar, Dennis Bergkamp and Wesley Sneijder.
This is Lisandro Martínez.
— AFC Ajax (@AFCAjax) July 27, 2022
The complete defender ⭕️
The official Ajax website adjudged that he "played a major part in winning [the title]".
Meanwhile, Opta revealed that he completed more passes per 90 minutes than any other player in the Dutch top flight (minimum 10 matches).
1 - Lisandro Martínez completed more passes per 90 than any player to play 10+ times in last season's Eredivisie (82.3), while he also boasted the best aerial duel success rate of any player to contest 100+ aerials in the 2021-22 competition (70.2%). All-rounder. pic.twitter.com/s0050fjdu6
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) July 17, 2022
And Martinez also ranked highly when it came to aerial duels.
Of all the Eredivisie players to contest more than 100 challenges in the air last season, Martinez boasted the best success rate.
Those encouraging stats, and his huge popularity among Ajax fans, bodes well as he prepares for his first season as Manchester United player.
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