Harry Maguire: Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag says defender has decision to make

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Manchester United manager Erik 10 Hag says skipper Harry Maguire has a determination to marque connected his aboriginal astatine the club.

The 30-year-old England defender made lone 16 appearances successful the Premier League for United this season.

Lisandro Martinez and Raphael Varane person been Ten Hag's preferred centre-back pairing successful his archetypal play successful complaint astatine Old Trafford.

"No-one would beryllium blessed with this situation," Ten Hag told The Times.

"He is not arsenic well. He trains ever connected champion levels, truthful with 100% effort.

"So helium handles that concern good and he's successful that mode and successful his captaincy he's important for the squad."

Maguire has made immoderate costly errors this season, astir precocious successful past month's 3-0 Europa League decision by Sevilla.

Ten Hag added: "He has precocious contention determination [at centre-back] with Raphael Varane, who's fantastic.

"Let's accidental I'm blessed he's present and erstwhile we needed him helium did his job. But it's besides a determination helium has to make."

Maguire arrived astatine United successful 2019 from Leicester for £80m, a world-record interest for a defender, and his declaration runs until 2025.

He played successful each 5 of England's World Cup games successful 2022 and has been selected for the upcoming Euro qualifiers, but manager Gareth Southgate has said helium is acrophobic by his deficiency of playing clip astatine United.

While Ten Hag did not corroborate whether Maguire would beryllium a United subordinate adjacent season, the erstwhile Ajax brag said that goalkeeper David de Gea would beryllium staying for the 2023-24 campaign.

De Gea has been the club's first-choice keeper this play and won the Golden Glove grant for the astir cleanable sheets successful the Premier League.

Asked if the 32-year-old would inactive beryllium astatine Old Trafford adjacent season, Ten Hag replied: "Yes, but I volition not accidental helium volition ever beryllium my fig 1 due to the fact that successful a nine similar United determination indispensable beryllium contention successful each positions."

United play Manchester City successful the FA Cup last astatine Wembley connected Sunday with the anticipation of denying their metropolis rivals' bid to lucifer the Treble won by Sir Alex Ferguson's squad successful 1999.

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