EPL: Man United's coach Erik ten Hag happy with defender Maguire

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Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag is happy with defender Harry Maguire despite him being the fourth-choice centre-back at the club currently.

Maguire is the designated club captain but has seen game time take a drastic hit since the Dutchman’s appointment at the helm of affairs at Old Trafford.

Raphael Varane, Lisandro Martinez, and Victor Lindelof are all ahead of the Englishman in the pecking order at Manchester United. But Ten Hag is happy with what he has seen from Maguire so far.

“I’m really happy with Harry Maguire I think he’s progressing really well and in the games he is playing, he is doing really well. But we have big competition. Harry is right-footed – a big competitor with Rapha Varane, who is also a brilliant player.”

He added:

“But that is what we need if we want to restore Manchester United – we need top players but also double the players in every position because we want to play in so many leagues and so many competitions.”

“We have certain positions we have a lack of quality and that can’t be, if you want to compete for the highest trophies,” the Dutch tactician said in a pre-match press conference ahead of his side’s trip to Elland Road to face Leeds United.