{"id":22634,"date":"2022-07-03T15:00:43","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T19:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/07\/03\/the-stats-behind-arsenal-man-united-target-martinezs-21-22-season\/"},"modified":"2022-07-03T15:00:43","modified_gmt":"2022-07-03T19:00:43","slug":"the-stats-behind-arsenal-man-united-target-martinezs-21-22-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/07\/03\/the-stats-behind-arsenal-man-united-target-martinezs-21-22-season\/","title":{"rendered":"The stats behind Arsenal &amp; Man United target Martinez\u2019s 21\/22 season"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<hr>\n<p>A series of statistics, highlighting the stellar endeavours of Ajax star Lisandro Martinez this past season, have come to the fore on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Stopper Martinez, of course, has been hotly tipped for a Premier League switch of late.<\/p>\n<p>Amid the ongoing efforts of both Arsenal and Manchester United to reinforce their respective backlines ahead of the new campaign, the two giants of English football are understood to have identified the Argentine international as a priority target.<\/p>\n<p>The former, in fact, have scheduled a fresh round of talks with their Ajax counterparts for this coming week, amid claims of a hefty \u20ac50 million price-tag being placed on Martinez\u2019s head.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? Arsenal scheduled to meet Ajax next week as Lisandro Martinez battle continues. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AFC<\/a> + <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MUFC<\/a> both think he\u2019s keen &amp; personal terms no issue. If Ajax get what they want (~\u20ac50m fixed), 24yo must pick. Ten Hag factor key but race still open <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthleticUK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheAthleticUK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aqnwpOK3yH\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/aqnwpOK3yH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Ornstein\/status\/1543328766906212353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Why, though, is the 24-year-old in such high demand?<\/p>\n<p>Martinez has stood as one of the Eredivisie\u2019s standout defenders over the course of the last couple of seasons, with his combination of versatility, aggression in the tackle and technical ability all highly sought after in the modern game.<\/p>\n<p>Such characteristics, meanwhile, were on full display in the Dutch top-flight last time out, when Martinez featured in 24 of Ajax\u2019s 34 fixtures.<\/p>\n<p>And now, as alluded to above, an insight into the exact statistics behind the Argentine\u2019s campaign as a whole has been provided.<\/p>\n<p>The info comes courtesy of statistician \u2018Statman Dave\u2019, highlighting the extent to which Martinez excelled in the fields of all of passing, tackling and take-ons:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Lisandro Martinez\u2019s 21\/22 Eredivisie season by numbers [24 games]:<\/p>\n<p>1,746 passes completed<br \/>\n89% pass accuracy<br \/>\n86% tackle success<br \/>\n83% take-on success<br \/>\n79 aerial duels won<br \/>\n66 clearances<br \/>\n48 tackles won<br \/>\n46 interceptions<br \/>\n25 blocks<br \/>\n17 chances created<br \/>\n15 take-ons completed<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s good\u2026 ?? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h2XPGMKstD\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/h2XPGMKstD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Statman Dave (@StatmanDave) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StatmanDave\/status\/1543640719109238784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/top-3-manchester-united-players-to-sign-on-fpl-2022-23\/\">Top 3 Manchester United players to sign on FPL 2022\/23<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/revealed-the-terms-which-would-keep-man-united-target-de-jong-at-barcelona\/\">Revealed: The terms which would keep Man United target De Jong at Barcelona<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A series of statistics, highlighting the stellar endeavours of Ajax star Lisandro Martinez this past season, have come to the fore on Sunday. Stopper Martinez, of course, has been hotly tipped for a Premier League switch of late. Amid the ongoing efforts of both Arsenal and Manchester United to reinforce their respective backlines ahead of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-22634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22634\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}