Former Manchester United midfielder Nemanja Matic came to Harry Maguire’s aid in a recent interview.
The Serbian left the club in the summer to reconnect with José Mourinho at AS Roma.
Matic was one of United’s only competent defensive midfielders, but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer used him sparingly.
The Norwegian coach preferred the tenacity and quickness of Fred and Scott McTominay to the experience and cunning of Matic.
The 34-year-old was asked about the hate Maguire receives, to which he replied:
“What people are doing to him [Maguire] It is a disaster.”
“Everything has to have limits, and some of these people who write on social media don’t have lives of their own, so they just have to write bad things about someone else.”
Matic also mocked Roy Keane for his relentless criticism of United.
“I respect what he has done, but he needs to understand that football has changed.”
“If I played for Chelsea, I can’t say I hate them. I can’t get angry when I talk to the press after the game.”
“The way he carried himself on the field, 70 percent is a red card today.”
“You can’t throw a punch when all the cameras in the world are there.”
“The real hero is when you go out on the street and say something, but he was always very nice to me, so what he says in public, to be honest, I don’t really care.”
“I know what I have done in my career and I am very happy.”
