Roberto Martinez has branded Manchester United’s approach for two Everton players ‘a waste of time’.
The Spaniard’s comments came 24 hours after the Club released a statement explaining a double bid from the reigning Premier League champions had been rejected.
“It’s been well documented what happened with the transfer speculation, that’s been dealt with and it was all a little bit of a waste of time – time I don’t want the players to waste,” Martinez said in an exclusive interview with evertontv.
“I think the situation is very clear. I think as a football club we will always keep our fans informed. I’m not a big believer in having the window open while the games are starting. I think the start of the season was important for us at Norwich and I won’t come out now and carry on talking about the speculation.
“When there is something to tell our fans we will do that – they’ll be the first ones to know if there are any players coming in or any players going out.
“But I don’t believe in getting involved in the transfer window when the games are underway and we are in a very, very important moment of our season. We’re trying to find our feet, we got a good start under our belts, we’ve got real competition for places and we’ve got the visit of West Brom at the weekend.
“The players have had the demands of international football and then they started the league with a lot of travelling, so obviously you can imagine it’s been important these past few days that we can get them recovered, regenerate them in the right manner and get them ready for the next game. That, at the moment, is our only focus.”