Harry Maguire has talked about what it takes to play for Manchester United and has made a surprising admission about the lack of Premier League success of the club
Harry Maguire thinks that Manchester United has been too mentally weak to achieve success. The defender believes that Ruben Amorim's team must embrace the pressure associated with representing United If the club hopes to reclaim his position at the top of English football.
United has not canceled the title since 2013, or the Champions League has been claiming since 2008. Speaking on the podcast of Rio Ferdinand, Maguire presents the biggest obstacle of the club as conquering the psychological fights in the heads of players.
He explained: “I think it's mental power, sure. I think it has a major role to play. You have to thrive the pressure and you have to play as if you were playing in a playground.
“And I think that's what we have had trouble finding in the last 10 years.
“But the transitional period is currently the reality that we are not the best team. And I think it is how people and how the boys can adapt to that level of control and to continue that control,” reports the Daily Star.
Maguire suggests that proof of the difficulties of United can be seen in his own superior performances for England compared to its club displays. The Center-Back attributes this inequality to the reality that every other Premier League side 'despised' 'united.
He added: “I think there is more control over Manchester United, just because more people in the country hate them. And that is just a fact. Everyone in the Premier League does not like Manchester United, and they don't want to see them do well.
“So I think there is more control over Manchester United, while England comes together for everyone. Everyone.”
United starts their new Premier League season with last season's second-year student Arsenal who visits Old Trafford. Amorim looked at his side for the season with a 1-1 home stretching against Fiorentina and did not bump when he told his players that they should improve … and quickly.
“Today was a tough competition,” he said Mutv. “It was important for us to take the feeling of playing at Old Trafford. I think we had some difficulties, especially at the start of the first half and at the start of the second half.
“They have a lot of mobility and we have trouble finding the right time to press. But then we checked the game and I think we had a lack of fluidity in the game. We can do better.
“But I think it was a perfect game for preparation to show that we have to improve in different areas that we are going to struggle at times. But sometimes we have players who can make a play and elevate the stadium.”