Two words - Eric Bailly.
Maguire isn’t a bad defender by any means but his confidence is shot at this club, he’s a bag of nerves every time he steps onto the field. That’s not even a main dig at him because the idiotic fans who get on his back are also very much to blame.
If we were down to the bare bones then yes we would have to play him but Lindelof and Shaw would be my picks ahead of him right now.
Or Malacia maybe?Wow, just wow, so i'm guessing you are playing Dalot at left-back, or are you promoting one of the clubs promising youngsters @jsp or @IDFD (both talented but wet behind the ears) and hoping they don't embarrass United or themselves?
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AWB Lindelof Shaw Dalot/AN Other
That's enough to give anybody nightmares!
Or Malacia maybe?
It’s double bad as it looks like he’s going to stay at United. That’s bad enough news on its own.The problem is, we cannot replace him until he leaves. So it's double bad.
Doesn't mention Maguire having to accept. Never usually works like that.Only if Maguire accepts it
With Maguires contract though it doesn't incentivise him to leave. He's on £180k a week. Someone isn't going to offer him anywhere near that.The club has the option player cannot reject it.
Utd could be using it as an attempt to get a transfer fee in the summer.
With Maguires contract though it doesn't incentivise him to leave. He's on £180k a week. Someone isn't going to offer him anywhere near that.
He'll be here next season. Which I have no issue with but he should be an emergency back up. Doesn't have the pace to play high up the pitch.
Agree with you. It is like the DeGea issue. Getting rid of him was not a priority at that time. We needed players in other positions a lot more and is the same now. Maguire probably has been the best defender so far this season. We need to get rid of players like Rashford, Zirkzee, Eriksen, Casemiro a lot more than we need to get rid of Maguire. I have always said in the past that we should sell him but give credit to him he has come back strongly. The day Rashford told him to feck off and he did not do anything was the day I felt that he lost his grip. I am not sure if we can sell Victor either as we are down to 4 CBs without him. I would sell Shaw and Malacia as well as they have been injured all the time.He gets that for 1 year also with no CL football we hear players take a 25% hit. I suspect there will be another hit if there’s no European football at all. So that 1 year might not be as fruitful as it would appear.
Also, if he moved club and accepts a lower wage he will likely get a signing bonus at the new club.
Utd may well top up his wages for that year so that he’s not actually losing out. It was suggested we did something similar with AWB and some others who left.
Amorim seems to quite like him and I don’t think we can really prioritise more centre backs this summer. He’s got to sort other areas first so another season of Maguire might be a short term fix so he can try to sort out the goal scoring.
Agree with you. It is like the DeGea issue. Getting rid of him was not a priority at that time. We needed players in other positions a lot more and is the same now. Maguire probably has been the best defender so far this season. We need to get rid of players like Rashford, Zirkzee, Eriksen, Casemiro a lot more than we need to get rid of Maguire. I have always said in the past that we should sell him but give credit to him he has come back strongly. The day Rashford told him to feck off and he did not do anything was the day I felt that he lost his grip. I am not sure if we can sell Victor either as we are down to 4 CBs without him. I would sell Shaw and Malacia as well as they have been injured all the time.
he is not going to be a squad player. He is going to be a regular next season. We have bigger issues in other areas than at CB. So we won't be buying another CBIf there’s decent offers and he’s willing to take then he should go.
He isn’t part of the future he’s part of the past.
Lindelof and Evans are out of contract this summer and both likely to go so it may just be that he’s a squad player for next season even on his big wage.
he is not going to be a squad player. He is going to be a regular next season. We have bigger issues in other areas than at CB. So we won't be buying another CB
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