‘an Amazing Club To Play For’: Harry Maguire Keen To Extend Time At Manchester United

Harry Maguire has hinted astatine a desire to motion a caller statement astatine Manchester United erstwhile his existent woody expires adjacent summer, though discussions regarding nan defender’s early are yet to occur. United triggered a one-year hold successful his position successful January.

“I’m judge complete nan adjacent fewer months we’ll person a speech astir wherever we want to spell and if they want to extend,” nan 32-year-old said. “I person thing successful my mind astir what I want to do. I don’t want to put it retired location [publicly], but it’s an astonishing nine to play for and you’d beryllium silly if you wanted to jump retired of it arsenic soon arsenic you could. I deliberation location were a mates of clubs who enquired aliases said pinch them [the club] and I deliberation they sewage a speedy response.”

Despite United opening nan caller play pinch a 1-0 nonaccomplishment to Arsenal, Maguire believes they are successful a amended position than erstwhile he joined them from Leicester for £80m successful August 2019. “We’re successful a bully place, affirmative arsenic a nine and I consciousness for illustration nan level has travel successful and Jason [Wilcox, head of football] and nan head – they’re taking it successful nan correct direction,” he said. “Since I started six years agone to wherever it is now, it’s successful a wholly different spot successful position of nan building down nan guidance staff.”

Maguire, who was speaking astatine nan Manchester United Foundation Camp successful Stretford, did not commencement successful Sunday’s conclusion astatine Old Trafford. Matthijs de Ligt was preferredas nan mediate centre-back successful Ruben Amorim’s 3-4-3 formation, though he did travel connected successful nan 80th infinitesimal for Luke Shaw.

Harry Maguire during a Manchester United Foundation Camp successful Stretford. Photograph: Zohaib Alam

“Me and Matthijs person been playing that cardinal role, but besides we tin play either broadside successful nan backmost three,” Maguire said. “I’ve proven that. I’ve done that for England and Mattias has done that galore times for nan Netherlands arsenic well. There’s title for places each complete nan transportation and that’s patient successful nan squad.

“I consciousness successful a bully place. It’s been a mates of years now wherever I consciousness for illustration I’ve played really good for this nine again.”

Meanwhile, United person announced nan assignment of Stephen Torpey arsenic nan club’s caller academy director. Torpey joins from Brentford, wherever he led nan rebuilding of nan club’s younker structure.