Silly To Quit Man Utd Now, Says Defender Maguire

Manchester United blocked immoderate chance of Harry Maguire leaving nan nine this summertime - but nan defender feels it would beryllium "silly" to want to discontinue now anyway.

United triggered an action connected Maguire's statement successful January, keeping him astatine Old Trafford for a further year, astatine a constituent erstwhile caput coach Ruben Amorim said his squad was "starved of leaders".

There person been instances successful nan past of extensions being granted purely to guarantee United could still get a interest for a subordinate if they were sold.

This was not 1 of those occasions.

Maguire says location was liking successful him this summer. However, United's level made it clear he wasn't leaving.

"Last year, nan clause was successful their hands," he said. "There was nary action for maine there. There was nary talking. It was conscionable they activated it and it sewage extended.

"I'm beautiful judge nan nine made it clear this summertime that I can't time off connected immoderate terms. A a mates of clubs enquired and I deliberation they sewage a speedy response."

It does mean Maguire's statement now expires adjacent summer, allowing him to talk to different clubs successful January.

He rejected nan thought of joining West Ham 2 summers agone aft United accepted a bid for him.

The 32-year-old, who costs £80m erstwhile he joined United from Leicester successful 2019, has an thought of his preferred option, but is keeping quiet connected that for now.

However, he tin consciousness nan gyration going connected down nan scenes since Sir Jim Ratcliffe bought into nan nine arsenic number shareholder astatine nan extremity of 2023.

And while past play was their worst successful nan convention since their relegation twelvemonth successful 1973-74 - and they opened nan caller run pinch a 1-0 location conclusion by Arsenal - Maguire feels nan nine are successful their champion spot since he arrived.

"I'm judge complete nan adjacent fewer months we'll person to person a speech astir wherever we want to spell and if they want to extend," he said.

"Obviously, I person thing successful my mind astir what I want to do and wherever I want to be.

"I don't want to put it retired location to everybody 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.

"The level has travel in, pinch [technical director] Jason [Wilcox] and nan manager, and I consciousness for illustration they're taking it successful nan correct direction.

"Since I started six years agone to now, it's successful a wholly different spot successful position of nan building down nan guidance staff.

"We're successful a bully place. A batch amended place."