You’ll want to use the link_before and link_after arguments for the wp_nav_menu. Setting them to '<span>' and '</span>' respectively.
wp_nav_menu( [
'menu_class' => 'menu menu-main',
'container' => '',
'theme_location' => 'main_menu',
'link_before' => '<span>',
'link_after' => '</span>'
] );
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