Regardless of being the Premier League’s costliest defender, Harry Maguire’s time at Manchester United has gone from unhealthy to worse.
The England worldwide, who was additionally named the Purple Devils’ captain by former boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, has struggled to win followers over.
A collection of poor performances have led to the previous Leicester Metropolis defender turning into a straightforward goal for criticism and whereas pundit and former Liverpool participant Stan Collymore doesn’t agree with the entire hearth the 29-year-old is coming in for, he does suppose one in all his former membership’s most important signings didn’t assist.
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Talking in an unique interview about why it has gone so fallacious for Maguire, who has lately misplaced his place in Erik ten Hag’s squad to new signing Lisandro Martinez, Collymore mentioned: “Liverpool’s signing of Virgil Van Dijk for round £75m didn’t assist Maguire both. Particularly contemplating how a lot of a profitable switch he has been, however on the time, Liverpool set the bar very excessive and it allowed Leicester Metropolis to dig their heels in and ask for a similar form of eye-watering charge for Harry Maguire.
“Had Van Dijk not moved to Anfield, Maguire would most likely have left Leicester Metropolis for nearer to £40m and the stress on him could be far much less and his price ticket, which he had no management over, turned the stick wherein the media and a few followers have used to beat him with.”
Since becoming a member of the 20-time league winners from the Foxes again in 2019 for an eye-watering £78.3m, Maguire, who has simply over two years left on his deal at Previous Trafford, has gone on to function in 149 matches, in all competitions, instantly contributing to 12 targets alongside the way in which.
