Former Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel has said he believes Lisandro Martínez's criticism of the club's hierarchy is "not that far off" but added he would not have liked hearing a teammate sound off in public.
Schmeichel was criticised for his handling of a post-match interview with Martínez in the aftermath of Tuesday night's 2-0 Champions League loss to Atlético Madrid, when the Argentina defender turned his fire on the club's hierarchy and named director of football Jason Wilcox as one of those from whom he "expects more."
Martínez spoke first to Amazon Prime's Gabriel Clarke before Schmeichel interviewed him for U.S. broadcaster CBS, with the defender repeating many of his criticisms while Schmeichel appeared to be trying to move Martínez on from the topic.
On Thursday Martínez issued a public apology for his comments and United said the matter was considered closed after the 28-year-old met with manager Michael Carrick, Wilcox and the club's hierarchy.
But inevitably the issue dominated Carrick's news conference on Friday with the substance of Martínez's comments still being debated.
Lisandro Martínez has apologised for criticising the Manchester United hierarchy after the team's Champions League defeat in midweek. Florencia Tan Jun - UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images Speaking on The Overlap Daily, Schmeichel said: "I would not like any teammate ever to go out and talk like that. Unless it was Bryan Robson... No, I wouldn't. I absolutely wouldn't like that.
"In the dressing rooms I was in, you were accountable. It just didn't happen very often that somebody stepped out of line, and of course we had a manager [Sir Alex Ferguson] who would not allow you to step out of line. He would react to that straight away...
"It's not that I completely disagree with what [Martínez] says. That's the other thing."
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Schmeichel then added: "Without going into too much detail about what Martínez said, some of the things he said are not far off.
"Look at the promising teams: Manchester City a long time ago, Arsenal for the past six years, Liverpool under Jürgen Klopp -- what did they do that suddenly changed the dynamics and changed their fortunes? They started at the back.
"They got in a goalkeeper, back four, a centre midfield player. They built that foundation, made it solid, and then they started to bring the creative players in. They've all done it... Built from the back. We've done the opposite, built from the front."