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Lisandro Martinez makes Man Utd transfer decision after surprise Napoli links

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Lisandro Martinez is recovering from a serious knee injury (Picture: Getty)

Lisandro Martinez has no intention of leaving Manchester United despite becoming the subject of interest from Serie A champions Napoli, according to reports.

Martinez is still working his way back from a cruciate ligament injury he suffered in February and may not feature again until 2026.

Despite that, reports in Italy suggested that the Argentine international was attracting interest from Napoli as they look to bolster their defensive options.

The Italian giants enjoyed great success buying from United last summer, recruiting Scott McTominay for a cut-price fee of £25million.

McTominay then went on to play a guiding role for Antonio Conte’s side, scoring 12 times as Napoli saw off Inter Milan to win the title.

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However, Napoli are unlikely to be able to repeat the trick this time around, with the Daily Mail reporting Martinez is more than happy at Old Trafford and has no desire to move.

Prior to his injury, the 27-year-old had established himself as a key part of Ruben Amorim’s defence and is seen as one of the experienced leaders within the United squad.

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Martinez was a key figure under Ruben Amorim prior to his injury (Picture: Getty)

While Martinez may not join, however, Napoli could have more success trying to sign Alejandro Garnacho who has fallen out of favour with Amorim.

The Serie A side were interested in signing Garnacho in January but were unable to reach an agreement with United at the time.

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It promises to be a busy summer in the red half of Manchester as Amorim looks to rebuild his side ahead of the new season.

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The Red Devils have since lowered their asking price to £60m, but Garnacho appears to have his heart set on staying in the Premier League amid interest from Chelsea.

Garnachp is one of several players that could leave Old Trafford this summer as United look to raise funds for another costly rebuild.

Antony, Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford are all set to leave the club when they return from their respective loans.

The club will also reportedly entertain offers for Kobbie Mainoo, while Rasmus Hojlund could be set for a move to Italy, after Inter were credited with an interest in the young striker.

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Expert says Trump and Musk’s relationship was doomed from the very start

(FILES) US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk (R) speak before departing the White House on his way to his South Florida home in Mar-a-Lago in Florida on March 14, 2025. Billionaire Elon Musk on May 28, 2025 said he was leaving his position within the US government after leading the so-called Department of Government Efficiency in a controversial effort to slash federal spending. "As my scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President Donald Trump for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending," he wrote on his social media platform X. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP) (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)
Donald Trump and Elon Musk during a White House meeting earlier this year (Picture: Roberto Schmidt/AFP)

It’s no shock the ‘short-lived romance’ between Donald Trump and Elon Musk has come to a crashing end, according to an expert on US politics – it was all a question of ego.

The US President and the world’s richest man formally brought their working relationship to a close last month in an Oval Office press conference.

There did not appear to be any animosity between the pair at the time, with Trump thanking Musk for ‘tirelessly helping lead the most sweeping and consequential government reform programme in generations’.

But things have gone sour rather quickly.

Yesterday afternoon, the South African billionaire described Trump’s flagship Congressional spending bill as a ‘disgusting abomination’.

Angelia Wilson, Professor of Politics at the University of Manchester, said this moment was predictable from the moment Musk joined the Republican’s presidential campaign last year.

She said: ‘I hope most of the world could see that those two rather significant egos were not going to stay best buddies for long.’

Professor Wilson argues Musk stepped in to fill a role played by Steve Bannon, the founder of alt-right news website Breitbart, during Trump’s first campaign and administration.

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 23: Steve Bannon, Chief Strategist to the 45th President; Founder and Host of Bannon's WarRoom speaks on stage during The Semafor 2025 World Economy Summit - Day 1 at Conrad Washington on April 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Shannon Finney/Getty Images for Semafor)
Steve Bannon remains a strong supporter of Donald Trump (Picture: Shannon Finney/Getty Images for Semafor)

Bannon served as the White House Chief Strategist following the inauguration but had a similarly truncated tenure, leaving just seven months in the job.

Both he and Musk played the part of a ‘best friend’, Professor Wilson said, offering ‘some direction of something new and different and interesting’.

She said: ‘Look at the cycle of American politics, and look at the cycle of the previous Trump administration.

‘We had Bannon, and they came in and did this, “we’re going to get rid of half the government”, “we’re going to shrink the size of the government”, and then realised that they’re not walking into a palace.

‘He’s not a king, and there is eventually going to be some pushback about that. And those type of men with large egos are going to struggle if they’re in it for their own ego and not in it for the country.’

(FILES) Tesla CEO Elon Musk (R) jumps on stage as he joins former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a campaign rally at site of his first assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania on October 5, 2024. Billionaire Elon Musk on May 28, 2025 said he was leaving his position within the US government after leading the so-called Department of Government Efficiency in a controversial effort to slash federal spending. "As my scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President Donald Trump for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending," he wrote on his social media platform X. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
Elon Musk jumped in delight while campaigning for Donald Trump in Pennsylvania (Picture: Jim Watson/AFP)

After announcing his backing for Trump shortly after the then-candidate survived an assassination attempt, Musk became comfortably the biggest single political donor in last year’s election.

He gave a total of $288 million (around £210m) to support the Republican presidential nominee and other party figures down the ballot.

When Trump entered the White House to begin his second term, he appointed Musk to head up the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) and handed him an enormous amount of power.

So far, Doge has not saved anywhere near the amount of money Musk said it would – but it has fired tens of thousands of government workers and effectively shut down major bodies such as aid agency USAID.

Professor Wilson, author of a book on Trump’s rise titled The Politics of Hate, argues that despite Musk’s description of himself as ‘first buddy’, the two men probably never really liked each other much.

‘I think when you’re talking about two significant figures like that, or any significant figures that have such large egos and are in politics, I wouldn’t throw around the word “like”,’ she said.

‘I don’t know what their basis of their friendship was, but I don’t think it was even to the extent of a Facebook friendship, that they weren’t, in that sense, emotionally close. It was, if anything, a partnership of convenience.’

Elon Musk reacts during a press conference with U.S. President Donald Trump (not pictured), at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 30, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
Musk in the press conference that marked the end of his time working with the White House (Picture: Reuters)

But if it was a partnership of convenience, it seems to have been an extremely lucrative one.

While Trump got ‘a bro that would help him get elected with something new and shiny’, Professor Wilson said, Musk got to cut regulations and gained access to ‘the data that he needs or that he wanted’ from government files.

That may be a reason why – despite the Tesla boss’s fury over the spending bill – neither Trump nor his administration have fired back with vicious insults, as they have in the past when criticised.

Professor Wilson predicted: ‘I don’t think Musk is going to be an enemy of the White House.’

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