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Man Utd ‘face £37m loss as Inter Milan target shock cut-price transfer for Aaron Wan-Bissaka’
THIS time last year Harry Maguire accepted his future lay away from Manchester United — with boss Erik ten Hag happy for him to leave.
Now, Ten Hag has identified the England centre-half as the man to rescue United’s sorry season.
Maguire certainly wasn’t seen as so key last term when Raphael Varane, Lisandro Martinez, Victor Lindelof and even Luke Shaw — when United played a back-three — were ahead in the pecking order.
The ignominy of having the captain’s armband taken off him in the summer and handed to Bruno Fernandes felt like the final straw.
But before a proposed £30million move to West Ham could go through, a deeply hurt Maguire wanted a £15m payout from United and was not going to budge.
Neither would United and it looked like he was heading for footballing oblivion.
That was to underestimate the Sheffield-born player, who was determined to show his steel and prove his detractors wrong.
Through the ups and downs, trials and tribulations of this season, he can come out with his head held high, having constantly stepped up to the plate as injuries have ravaged the back four.
All of the four players mentioned previously are in the treatment room.
Maguire, 31, has been there himself but tries to play through the knocks, pulls and strains.
His experience will be even more important with 19-year-old Willy Kambwala alongside him at Bournemouth today — as he was in last Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Liverpool.
And Maguire now has Ten Hag’s praise ringing in his ears.
The United manager said: “We were always very happy with Harry Maguire but he wants to play.
“He’s a great leader, he’s a very good defender, very comfortable on the ball and I count all of those abilities. We have had problems with our defensive line so he is even more important to lead that line, to make us play from the back.
“We are very pleased he is there and we need him to get our results and achieve our targets.”
Now, Ten Hag has identified the England centre-half as the man to rescue United’s sorry season.
Maguire certainly wasn’t seen as so key last term when Raphael Varane, Lisandro Martinez, Victor Lindelof and even Luke Shaw — when United played a back-three — were ahead in the pecking order.
The ignominy of having the captain’s armband taken off him in the summer and handed to Bruno Fernandes felt like the final straw.
But before a proposed £30million move to West Ham could go through, a deeply hurt Maguire wanted a £15m payout from United and was not going to budge.
Neither would United and it looked like he was heading for footballing oblivion.
That was to underestimate the Sheffield-born player, who was determined to show his steel and prove his detractors wrong.
Through the ups and downs, trials and tribulations of this season, he can come out with his head held high, having constantly stepped up to the plate as injuries have ravaged the back four.
All of the four players mentioned previously are in the treatment room.
Maguire, 31, has been there himself but tries to play through the knocks, pulls and strains.
His experience will be even more important with 19-year-old Willy Kambwala alongside him at Bournemouth today — as he was in last Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Liverpool.
And Maguire now has Ten Hag’s praise ringing in his ears.
The United manager said: “We were always very happy with Harry Maguire but he wants to play.
“He’s a great leader, he’s a very good defender, very comfortable on the ball and I count all of those abilities. We have had problems with our defensive line so he is even more important to lead that line, to make us play from the back.
“We are very pleased he is there and we need him to get our results and achieve our targets.”