After Harry Maguire was ridiculed by the Scotland crowd and a livid Gareth Southgate lashed out at the defenders treatment, we look at the issues arising from Maguires ongoing selection...
After being named permanent England manager in 2017, Southgate said he would 'never pick on reputation, form has to come into it. However, in his answer to my question back in March, he rowed back on those comments when asked about the continued inclusion of some players who were not playing for their clubs.
Southgate's defensive stalwart has now become a figure of fun for opposition fans for club and country. The jeering of Harry Maguire was bizarre. It was loud, persistent, and something I have never seen in a football stadium before.It's an issue that has been building for the 30-year-old. Perhaps the biggest concern of all is that it has become aOliver YewPlease use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player
But has that loyalty gone too far? Is Southgate now inadvertently helping to intensify the scrutiny upon his player? Maguire is not a bad player. Eyebrows may have been raised when Man Utd spent £80m to sign him from Leicester but few argued he was not capable of making the step up to a big-six side. Harry Maguire had the chance to leave Manchester United this summer and resuscitate his career but he remained at Old Trafford after turning down a move to West Ham, reportedly because he could not agree a pay-off with United.
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