Whatever his perceived failings, Maguire cannot be held responsible for United’s shocking decline this season
again. He bowled into St George’s Park for England duty with a bar chart packed with stats from Saturday’s conquest of Brentford that demonstrate his value, and which makes awkward reading for, Maguire was notable as a ball carrier, long striding out of defence to initiate attacks. He had 69 touches, the fourth highest of any United player, and ranked third in the number of passes made, 63, of which 88.9 per cent were successful.
Maguire has never been the quickest, but he has good feet, a good pass, is decent in the air and reads the game well, the very qualities that persuaded United to pay Leicester £80m four years ago, and that propped up United on Saturday. What he lost under Rangnick was confidence. The assassination of his reputation that followed was entirely unwarranted and brutally damaging. Yet despite it all he kept his own counsel.
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