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Manchester United defender Harry Maguire has insisted that he’s relishing this season’s problem after a unbelievable efficiency through the membership’s Premier League opener vs. Fulham final Friday.
Whereas many have been anticipating new signing Matthijs de Ligt to fit subsequent to Lisandro Martinez on the coronary heart of United’s defence, Erik ten Hag deemed it match to call Maguire in his beginning XI and the participant repaid his supervisor’s religion in type.
Through the time he was on the pitch earlier than being substituted with 10 minutes of standard time left on the clock, Maguire made an astonishing 5 clearances and three interceptions.
He received 5 of the six floor duels he delved into and registered a powerful cross accuracy of 83%.
Joshua Zirkzee might have claimed United’s Man of the Match award for his all-important aim that received the match for the Purple Devils however Maguire was undoubtedly the aspect’s unsung hero.
The 31-year-old sat down with membership media and reiterated that he’s wanting ahead to the rigours of this season and competitors for locations.
Maguire mentioned, “I really feel good, I really feel match. Bodily and mentally, I’m in a very good place and yeah, I’m wanting ahead to an enormous season.”
“There’s so many video games this season. I’m positive there’s going to be a variety of modifications to return, sport to sport, within the beginning eleven. And when your flip is upon you, you should take your probability. And yeah, it’s one which we’ll want an enormous squad for.”
“For myself, I really feel match and able to go and looking out ahead to the season.”
Maguire added, “Clearly, we wish to be within the Champions League spots. We missed out this season as we weren’t ok within the league.
“I feel we don’t actually wish to set any targets [but] I feel this membership calls for trophies. So we wish to win one other trophy, in fact, and within the Premier League we all know there’s massive enhancements that we have to do and make from what we did final season.”
“For positive, we’ve received to enhance on final season and let’s see the place it goes and takes us.”
The United No.5 famous that competitors for locations won’t solely come from the brand new arrivals akin to De Ligt but in addition from the membership’s proficient crop of children.
“This membership has at all times given alternatives to younger gamers and this membership has at all times produced good gamers. So the younger boys know if they arrive and practice with us and so they carry out and so they do nicely within the video games then they’ll be given alternatives, as a result of this supervisor has confirmed that over the past couple of years.”
“It’s going to be as much as them, whether or not they take it or not. And so they have the power and the expertise that they will do.”
United return to motion this Saturday once they journey to the Amex to tackle Brighton and Hove Albion.
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