Erik ten Hag says Manchester United captain Harry Maguire is an instance for the remainder of the squad to comply with.
Accidents to beginning defensive pair Lisandro Martinez and Raphael Varane have helped the England worldwide get some extra recreation time at membership degree.
Nevertheless, he was poor alongside the remainder of the staff in United’s Europa League exit to Sevilla on Thursday and will not be concerned within the FA Cup semi-final towards Brighton on Sunday because of suspension.
“He has an necessary position within the truth he’s captain. He leads, he communicates with the supervisor. He motivates the staff. He’s the instance on the coaching pitch and at all times [has] good periods,” Ten Hag mentioned.
When requested if a few of his squad members have been taking part in for his or her futures, Ten Hag responded: “Yeah however I feel we’re at all times taking part in for our futures, as skilled gamers.
“Each recreation is a take a look at, each season is a take a look at and it’s important to earn the precise to put on the shirt. But in addition for me as a supervisor. In that matter, we’re in the identical boat, however I feel we make large progress.
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“We’ve got the expertise now however we now have nonetheless a solution to go. So we now have to step up and the nice factor is Sunday is the following alternative. It’s a nice alternative, it’s the semi-final of the FA Cup. [There is not a] higher occasion you possibly can think about, so take that after which after it, [there’s] nonetheless plenty of nice video games to go and we now have to show it and this group of gamers has to show it.”
Maguire has been repeatedly criticised at Outdated Trafford since his transfer from Leicester in 2019 and 90min understands he’s one participant the membership are prepared to maneuver on through the summer time.
The 30-year-old defender has attracted curiosity from different Premier League sides in addition to Serie A groups Juventus, AC Milan and Inter. Maguire can be open to a transfer throughout Europe, whereas United would eye a alternative like Ajax’s Jurrien Timber or Portuguese pair Goncalo Inacio and Antonio Silva.
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