Harry Maguire's Manchester United contract ends at the end of the 2025-26 season and head coach Ruben Amorim is confronted with a big decision about the future of the center-back
Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim is ready to keep Harry Maguire on board despite widespread interest. The time of the center-back at Old Trafford seemed to be up not so long ago, but he fought his way back to the club's plans.
Maguire was excess for the requirements under Erik ten Hag, but chose last summer despite the interest of Premier League. Ten Hag was fired in October and his successor Amorim found a role for the £ 80 million men before United led a contract extension for him in January.
Now 32, at the end of this season, the former Leicester defender is without a contract and free to talk to foreign vooragers in January. As a player and club have their say, he doesn't go anywhere.
According to the mail, Maguire wants to sign an extension so that he would play the rest of his career at United. The club would be on the same page, although conversations have yet to have started.
Amorim has included Maguire in a six -member leadership group, together with Diogo Dalot, Lisandro Martinez, Tom Heaton, Noussair Mazraoui and Captain Bruno Fernandes. This makes an exit unlikely, despite five Premier League clubs that want Pounce.
The interest in Maguire is also not only from England. According to the same e -mail report, two public Italian clubs have investigated a move, together with three from the Premier League.
There have also been suggestions of interest from Turkey and France. However, the five approaches from England and Italy have been beaten, without an indication at the moment that an exit could follow.
“We now have a leadership group,” said United -Baas Amorim about the changes. “It's not just Bruno. It's not just Harry. They are six boys. They are responsible for the group.
“There are some things I had to deal with in the past year and I said to them this season, you're going to deal with that. You are small problems with you. You are responsible. All these small changes, but I think it helps the group. We have Bruno, we have Harry, Lica [Martinez]Diogo, Tom and Nous. “
United has trimmed their team in other areas, with Marcus Rashford at Barcelona on loan and Victor Lindelof and Christian Eriksen leave for a free. More outputs are expected, with Jadon Sancho among those in the retail window.
More sales are likely to free funds for further investments, despite the fact that Amorim has already added more than £ 100 million to talent to his team. Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo have completed large movements, in which the young Paraguayan defender Diego Leon also participated, while a bid for striker Benjamin Sesko could see the club's summer expenditure grow even further before the start of the new season.