This weekend's visitors might also help Maguire.
Tuesday's jeers for Maguire will only be confirmation for those regulars that England's London-centric support will never change, but they might well be keen to show some support to the player as well.
United's fans have never embraced the national team and those hostilities only strengthened with the abuse their players would get in the 1990s and then the appaling treatment David Beckham got after his sending-off in the 1998 World Cup. Edinson Cavani is yet another Manchester United example of poor transfer planning.Why Manchester United can give Ajax's Antony what he wants.Maguire's club form quite clearly has to improve and he will be well aware of that, but he had a good season for United last term after a difficult start and was outstanding in Euro 2020. Maybe his treatment at Wembley will harden the resolve of Old Trafford regulars to throw their metaphorical arms around him this weekend. Rewind the clock 10 months on United fans were praying the centre back would be fit for the Europa League final against Villarreal, having enjoyed a successful season and then seen the defence leak goals in his absence.Īttitudes can change quickly in football, however, and now Maguire is the source of frustration for club and country. Social media is awash with United 'fans' blaming him for every goal conceded at the moment and he was sarcastically cheered off when he was replaced against Atletico Madrid before the international break.įor whatever reason, the 29-year-old has become the face of United's on-pitch struggles this season, a narrative Southgate spoke of as he condemned the booing. It's indisputable that Maguire is having an awful season for United, but then he is hardly alone in that regard at Old Trafford. Manchester United set for Liverpool pre-season fixture and Australia and Thailand tour.Bruno Fernandes and Cristiano Ronaldo have shown Manchester United new attacking blueprint.I don't get that at all." Read More Related Articles “He's in an England shirt, not only should you support a player in an England shirt regardless, but when he's played at the level he has and put in the performances for us that he has, it should be total commitment behind him. We're either all in this together or we're not. “What he's done for us, the way he's performed for England has been phenomenal. "I thought the reception was a joke, an absolute joke,” Southgate said in his post-match interview. It was encouraging to see Southgate round on the treatment of Maguire by England's fans on Tuesday night. Mings and Pickford have played well for England but neither have represented their country with the distinction of Maguire, which is why he remains in Gareth Southgate's strongest XI despite having one poor season. If it was just about Maguire's poor form then Tyrone Mings, who has had a difficult season at Aston Villa, or Jordan Pickford, making mistakes in a poor Everton team, might be getting the same treatment, but they're not. It was also proof that, for all their struggles over the previous nine years, the rest of the country still doesn't like them. READ MORE: United have already tried to buy their perfect Pogba replacementįor those United regulars who pay no attention to the national team this was a reminder of why they hold that stance. That, of course, put them into a pretty moronic group of booing a player for performing poorly for a club they don't like, but the same fans entertain themselves by throwing paper aeroplanes during the match so it's entirely plausible. Ask them to explain why they did it and it's doubtful they could come up with a suitable reason, other than they don't like United. Maguire was jeered by England's idiots when his name read out before kick-off against Ivory Coast and when he took his first touch. Manchester United were the dominant force in the country when their players used to be booed by England fans in the 1990s, but those ABU (Anyone But United) tendencies were only ever dormant and in the treatment of Harry Maguire at Wembley this week they exploded back to the surface.
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