With you on that, I'm sure Martinez would have said the same if not for big mouth Whelan. There's a way of doing these things, and it happened too quickly in the end for there not to have been contact.
He's had some issues but I agree, think he'll have people eating their words. That was perfectly in keeping with the mood, gets Mascherano points for that.
Agree with this, he's got a lot of good qualities, but lack of creativity, and how easily he can get knocked off the ball, are big negatives. BR's comments of 'wait til you see him in his best position further forward', seem misguided at best.
A quick google suggests it everywhere, so changing it to 'media outlet/s' would seem fair enough. All the reports are of him denying it mind, and it's not worth talking about, but still.
Presumably contractual obligations can be all that would stop some kind of mutiny in response to this ? If contractual things can be overcome, UEFA should pull out of FIFA, and invite the other associations to their tournament. FIFA seems beyond redemption, rotten to the core.