Maguire, who played for Leicester City, wore a Manchester United kit in 2019. Manchester United expressed their expectations by pouring in a transfer fee of 80 million pounds (approximately 125 billion won).
The birth of a defender worth 100 billion won aroused a lot of interest. Naturally, strict standards were set against him.
But Maguire wasn’t convinced. His slow pace also put a question mark on his defensive ability. He gave up his starting position at the beginning of this season as well, not much different. Although he is the team captain, he has become more often than not started from the bench.
He also showed the possibility of a rebound. He showed compliance by playing as a built-in central defender at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, where he participated as a member of the England national team. 토토사이트
However, even after returning from the World Cup, the situation at Manchester United did not change much. Rather, it is being pushed back by new competitors.
After a brief lack of a central defender, coach Erik Ten Haag gave Luke Shaw a temporary assignment from left-back. The show performed well and emerged as a new option.
Looking at the last 4 games in which Maguire returned to the front line, it is difficult to say that he has an advantage over Shaw. In the league match against Wolverhampton Wanderers and the FA Cup match against Everton, Shaw started as a central defender. Maguire kept the bench and was put in at the end of the second half.
In the League Bournemouth match and the Carabao Cup Charlton Athletic match, Maguire started. But given his opponent power and importance in the game, he doesn’t have an edge against Shaw who isn’t a professional central defender.
After losing to Rafael Baran and Lisandro Martinez, the third place fight with Shaw and Viktor Lindelof is also unpredictable.
Rio Ferdinand, who was in charge of Manchester United and England’s central defense, was furious at Maguire’s situation. The British media ‘Express’ reported on the 10th (Korean time) the opinion he revealed through his YouTube.
Ferdinand advised, “Shaw is replacing Maguire as a central defender. If you are Maguire, you should leave the team right now.”
He said, “I came back to my team after finishing the World Cup well, but it’s like the situation where Patrice Evra is playing as a central defender.”
Ferdinand said: “I would have gone straight to the manager and said, ‘It’s disrespectful to me.’