Contenders to replace Harry Maguire as Man Utd captain
Manchester United spent the summer of 2019 chasing Harry Maguire, a year after the centre-back had proven himself an international calibre defender for England at the World Cup. Leicester knew the asset they had and hardly refused to budge over a steep asking price, which eventually resulted in an £80m transfer that made Maguire both the most expensive defender in the world and most expensive English player ever. With then United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer looking to build a British core of a squad he hoped would soon challenge for major honours, Maguire was made captain . For the most part, he did pretty well in his first year. United dramatically improved by finishing third in the Premier League and reached the semi-finals in three cup competitions. His second season was another solid effort even if he was far from setting the world alight, though an infamous police incident in Mykonos that is still ongoing did threaten to derail it before it began. It also perhaps highlighted Maguire...