Despite being the most expensive defender in the Premier League, Harry Maguire’s time at Manchester United has gone from bad to worse.
The England international, who was also named Red Devils captain by former manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, has struggled to win over fans.
A series of poor performances have seen the former Leicester City defender become an easy target for criticism and while pundit and former Liverpool player Stan Collymore disagrees with all the fire the 29-year-old faces. years, yes think. He did not help one of the most significant signings of his former club.
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Speaking in an exclusive interview about why Maguire, who recently lost his place in Erik ten Hag’s side to new signing Lisandro Martinez, has fared so poorly, Collymore said: “The signing of Virgil Van Dijk by Liverpool for around £75m didn’t help Maguire.o Especially given how much transfer success he’s had, but at the time Liverpool set the bar very high and allowed Leicester City to stand their ground and ask for the same kind of fee for Harry Maguire.
“If Van Dijk hadn’t moved to Anfield, Maguire would probably have left Leicester City for close to £40m and the pressure on him would be much less and his price tag, over which he had no control, became the stick in the one the media and some fans used to hit him with.”
Since joining 20-time league winners from the Foxes in 2019 for £78.3m, Maguire, who has just over two years left on his contract at Old Trafford, has appeared in 149 games, in total. competitions, directly contributing to 12 goals along the way.
