01-18-2020, 07:44 PM
ÂŁ80m defender Harry Maguire crowned new captain of Manchester United after Ashley Young joins Inter Milan
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Manchester United coach Ole Gunnar Solksjaer has appointed ÂŁ80m defender Harry Maguire as the new captain of the club following Ashley Young's departure to Inter Milan on Friday.
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Maguire, an imposing defender signed from Leicester City, has only been in the club for 6 months, but was chosen over the likes of Paul Pogba, Marcus Rashford, Nemanja Matic, and Juan Mata.
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Solskjaer praised Maguire's commanding nature, and stressed that the England international will remain at the forefront of the club's captaincy group.Â
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Speaking in his press conference on Friday, Solskjaer said: 'Harry is wearing the captain's armband and will keep wearing it. He's been a leader in the group, I've been impressed by his leadership skills, so he will continue wearing the armband.
'He's come in and everything about him tells me he's a leader, he's part of a group we've had that have been leading this young group, David (de Gea), Marcus (Rashford), Harry, so Harry will keep on wearing the armband.'Â
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Solskjaer admitted that United couldn't stand in Young's way after he was offered a two-year deal by Inter even though the defender only had four months left on his contract.
'To be fair, Ashley is 35 in the summer and if he gets a two-year contract somewhere I think it's up to him to take that. We weren't ready to offer that,' he said.
'He's been a good servant, captain and won trophies, but we've got players coming through. Ashley's head and mindset was on "so why not now?".'
'Timothy (Fosu-Mensah) is coming back.Â
'He's a right back and played for Holland as a right back aged 19, and we want him back, Diogo (Dalot) is back fit so in the full-back position we're quite okay.'
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Manchester United coach Ole Gunnar Solksjaer has appointed ÂŁ80m defender Harry Maguire as the new captain of the club following Ashley Young's departure to Inter Milan on Friday.
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Maguire, an imposing defender signed from Leicester City, has only been in the club for 6 months, but was chosen over the likes of Paul Pogba, Marcus Rashford, Nemanja Matic, and Juan Mata.
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Solskjaer praised Maguire's commanding nature, and stressed that the England international will remain at the forefront of the club's captaincy group.Â
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Speaking in his press conference on Friday, Solskjaer said: 'Harry is wearing the captain's armband and will keep wearing it. He's been a leader in the group, I've been impressed by his leadership skills, so he will continue wearing the armband.
'He's come in and everything about him tells me he's a leader, he's part of a group we've had that have been leading this young group, David (de Gea), Marcus (Rashford), Harry, so Harry will keep on wearing the armband.'Â
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Solskjaer admitted that United couldn't stand in Young's way after he was offered a two-year deal by Inter even though the defender only had four months left on his contract.
'To be fair, Ashley is 35 in the summer and if he gets a two-year contract somewhere I think it's up to him to take that. We weren't ready to offer that,' he said.
'He's been a good servant, captain and won trophies, but we've got players coming through. Ashley's head and mindset was on "so why not now?".'
'Timothy (Fosu-Mensah) is coming back.Â
'He's a right back and played for Holland as a right back aged 19, and we want him back, Diogo (Dalot) is back fit so in the full-back position we're quite okay.'