Harry Maguire will miss Sunday’s Manchester derby because of injury but has been backed by Erik ten Hag to turn around his difficult season. The centre-back, who has not started for Manchester United in the Premier League since the 4-0 defeat at Brentford on 13 August, picked up a knock during the international break. He played all of England’s defeat by Italy last Friday and Monday’s draw...
We will meet again: at the Khalifa International Stadium, Doha in eight weeks’ time as a matter of fact. In the meantime, if this really is to be a final trip to Wembley for Gareth Southgate as England manager then it was at least a fun, loose, slightly wild Nations League dead rubber 3-3 draw, a match that sprung up off the gurney in the most unexpected fashion. At times in the first half at...
HARRY’S GAME More used to surfing into major tournaments on a wave of good performances, excellent results, ultimately misguided optimism and upbeat chat about who they’d rather face in the first knockout round after topping their group, it will be a different England who travel to the Human Rights World Cup in November. Having reached the semi-finals at Russia 2018 and the final of Euro Not...
Erik ten Hag has said Harry Maguire’s status as captain offers no guarantee of a return to the team, especially as the manager has the “immense” Raphaël Varane in his squad. Maguire was dropped in favour of the Frenchman for Monday’s 2-1 win over Liverpool and Varane impressed in central defence with Lisandro Martínez. United are at Southampton for Saturday’s early kick-off and Ten Hag was asked...
HARRY MAGUIRE says angry football fans overstepped the mark by sending him a bomb threat. The Manchester United star and his family were forced to flee their home after the email threat in April. Cheshire police searched the premises but no device was found. Maguire said: “Obviously I’m going to be criticised. Manchester United paid a large sum of money for me, it is one of the most loved clubs...