An offer of £30m made by West Ham has been accepted by Manchester United for Harry Maguire, which is an intelligent move, as they were putting him on the bench and not utilising him to help Manchester United for the claiming the premier league title.
But the 30-year-old has a confidence in him that he could be of great use at Old Trafford, so he chose to not leave Manchester United and retrieve his position at Manchester United.
Harry Maguire’s future seemed to lie away from the Red Devils, as he was not getting picked up in the starting XI and was also removed from captaincy. Maguire’s captaincy has been transferred to Bruno Fernandes, so an offer from West Ham has been a potential move for Harry Maguire but his esteemed self-confidence that he would retrieve his position has converted into reality.
Harry Maguire’s decision to stay at Old Trafford has been fruitful to him as Maiguire is Erik Ten Hag’s first choice of centre-back. The 30-year-old had not started Manchester United’s first seven games of the 23/2024 season, but now he is starting each last eight games of Manchester United.
Harry Maguire discloses how he retrieved his position back at Manchester United
Harry Maguire said: “I am really enjoying my football and I really enjoy playing for this club. I was willing to stay and fight for my place and we have four or five top international centre-backs at this club and the competition for places is really high.”
“I just didn’t play as many [games] as I would have liked,” he said. “On the other hand, Rapha and Licha [Martinez] were playing brilliantly and kept numerous clean sheets. I had to bide my time and be patient. I had two or three opportunities last season to get a run of games but I broke down with illness, I broke down with injuries twice, so I never got the rhythm and never got the run of games that I could prove myself to the manager. I have got that now.
“But I started 16 or 17 games last year and felt like my form was there. There was a lot of talk about me because I wasn’t playing games, but that is the way it is. I was playing well for my country, went to the World Cup and played well and always thought my form was there.
“But I am up against some top, top-level centre-backs and last year they were playing amazing, so I didn’t get as many opportunities as I would have liked. This club demands competition for places and that is what we have in my position.”
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