Maguire Brutally Told to Find New Club After Getting Benched vs Wolves

Maguire Brutally Told to Find New Club After Getting Benched vs Wolves

Rene Otinga
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:21 PM
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  • Rio Ferdinand has urged Harry Maguire to look for a new club after the latest snub by Erik Ten Hag
  • Ten Hag preferred Luke Shaw to start at centre back, despite Maguire being fully fit to start
  • The 30-year-old England international is an important player for his nation but seems to have fallen out of favour under Ten Hag

Harry Maguire has been urged to look for a new club after getting snubbed again by Manchester United manager Erik Ten Hag.

Maguire only came on in added time for Bruno Fernandes to see out the Premier League clash against Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday, December 31.

Ten Hag was without the services of Lisandro Martinez, who is back in training following a World Cup triumph but was deemed not eligible to feature at the Molineaux.

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Ten Hag preferred Luke Shaw to start at centre back, despite Maguire being fully fit to start. Photo: Getty.
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Appearing as a pundit on BT Sport, Ferdinand analyzed that Maguire’s Manchester United spell had proven unsuccessful, and the former Leicester City man needed to find a new club.

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"If I'm Harry Maguire, I'd be looking for a new club right now," he said as quoted on GOAL.
"At Manchester United it hasn't worked out."
“This new manager [Ten Hag] is showing by his team selection that he is not going to be one of the two, three top centre-backs at this club."

In the summer, the centre back was heavily linked with a move to Chelsea, with reports claiming he was set for a summer swap with Christian Pulisic. That move never materialized.

At United, the competition for defensive positions is getting tighter, and there is little room for error for any player under Ten Hag.

The duo of two World Cup finalists - Lisandro Martinez and Raphael Varane will be particularly hard to topple, unless one of them gets injured.

Maguire plays 4 minutes vs Wolves

Against Wolves on Saturday, Maguire was eventually introduced late on to help quell the aerial attacks from Wolves, who were desperately looking for an equalizer.

His most notable contribution was a clearance from a crucial save from David De Gea late on.

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Rene Otinga is a sports journalist with over eight years of working experience in digital media. Rene's experience includes working as a Copywriter at X News Kenya and TUKO.co.ke.