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"Harry needs pace around him, but he hasn't had that," a source close to Maguire told ESPN. "If you put [Man City's] Ruben Dias in the United defence and Harry in the City back-four, Dias would struggle and Harry would thrive. Harry hasn't had a good 12 months, but he hasn't been helped by those around him -- coaches or players -- so it's inevitable that his confidence and form have suffered."
Sources have said that Maguire's frustrations with goalkeeper David de Gea's communication and reluctance to defend further away from his goal-line were also a factor in the overall malaise in defence last season. That issue has been improved by Argentina defender Martinez's arrival from Ajax and his ability to communicate with, and instruct, De Gea in Spanish.
This was lifted from an article by Mark Ogden for ESPN on Maguire's problems going into the world cup it's a pretty confident thing for a journalist to write so must have come from a trusted source.
It's not good for the captain for stuff like this to leak out as you're just deflecting your own poor form on to others.
The second paragraph really does suggest the relationship between Maguire and De Gea is not good.
Sources have said that Maguire's frustrations with goalkeeper David de Gea's communication and reluctance to defend further away from his goal-line were also a factor in the overall malaise in defence last season. That issue has been improved by Argentina defender Martinez's arrival from Ajax and his ability to communicate with, and instruct, De Gea in Spanish.
This was lifted from an article by Mark Ogden for ESPN on Maguire's problems going into the world cup it's a pretty confident thing for a journalist to write so must have come from a trusted source.
It's not good for the captain for stuff like this to leak out as you're just deflecting your own poor form on to others.
The second paragraph really does suggest the relationship between Maguire and De Gea is not good.