Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez won't be seen until the New Year as he faces a second operation on a foot injury.

United announced last week that Lisandro was being withdrawn from training to recover from a metatarsal injury originally suffered in April.

However, the Daily Mail says the Argentina defender will have further surgery on the fifth metatarsal in his right foot on Monday in a bid to cure the problem once and for all.

The recovery period for the surgery is predicted to be three months.

United manager Erik ten Hag stated on Friday: "We did a proper diagnosis, in Argentina as well, but now it came out that there was a problem. That's very sad, for him and the team, because he was not 100 per cent fit.

"I think it was a big difference the Licha Martinez in the last games and the Licha Martinez we have seen in the first season here.

"He will add to the team, a really strong contributor to our levels and if already one player drops a level, the team performance will be lower."