HankMarvin Posted 14 April 2018 Share Posted 14 April 2018 Manchester United target Leicester defender Harry Maguire in summer deal so he can take Chris Smalling's place AGAIN EXCLUSIVE: Centre-back who pushed the Old Trafford man out of England's team could now do it at club level too Manchester United are lining up a summer move for £35million-rated Leicester star Harry Maguire. Jose Mourinho has been hugely impressed by the defender who has starred at the heart of the Foxes' defence this season. Any deal would be a double-whammy for the Old Trafford giants' Chris Smalling — who could face losing his place to Maguire for club and country. Maguire has already bumped Smalling out of the England team, with Gareth Southgate set to name him in the squad for this summer's World Cup in Russia. And there’s more bad news, with 25-year-old Maguire possibly in line to take his place at Old Trafford too. Smalling, 28, has struggled at times to convince boss Jose Mourinho he is the man to partner Eric Bailly at the heart of defence. And Maguire – who joined Leicester in a £17million deal last summer from relegated Hull - has emerged as a genuine target for the Special One as he assesses his defensive options ahead of the summer transfer window. Mourinho has been impressed with a raft of scouting reports on Maguire, who ironically scored a last-gasp equaliser in December to deny United a 2-1 away win over Leicester. Maguire has been a consistent performer and an ever-present for the Foxes this season. That form led to an England call-up in October for the final World Cup qualifier in Lithuania. He has played in three of the four friendlies since, remaining unbeaten against Germany, Brazil and Holland to clinch a certain place in Southgate’s squad for the finals. Former Three Lions centre-back Southgate has been impressed with Maguire’s ball-playing skills out of defence as well as his speed and physical presence. Mourinho is a fan too and he is on a wish-list of defenders also including Real Madrid’s Raphael Varane and Marquinhos of Paris Saint-Germain — both of whom would cost more than him and be much harder to get over the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beechey Posted 14 April 2018 Share Posted 14 April 2018 (edited) Link? Oh it's the Mirror, nevermind. Edited 14 April 2018 by Beechey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royston. Posted 14 April 2018 Share Posted 14 April 2018 (edited) £30M+ smalling Edited 14 April 2018 by Royston. £30 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heymister2015 Posted 14 April 2018 Share Posted 14 April 2018 £50m plus don’t need to sell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Posted 15 April 2018 Share Posted 15 April 2018 This would be controversial ...... I know most rate him highly, however I’m not sold. If a deal could be struck, whereby Smalling and Jones cane the other way, I’d be inclined to listen. Get that pair out the medical room, you’d solve half your defensive issues. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Posted 15 April 2018 Share Posted 15 April 2018 6 hours ago, Heymister2015 said: £50m plus don’t need to sell To be honest, he’s just on the list of options, as they’re heavily linked to Umtiti and Alderweirld. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted 15 April 2018 Share Posted 15 April 2018 I think the lad's got his head screwed on and could learn from John Stones' mistakes, another year or two, consistetenly playing, in a smaller pond then he'll be ready for his big move. The only thing that might tempt him to move is our own downfalls, he must be frustrated playing in this team, playing along side his very poor defensive teammates, he must be thinking WTF when it comes to Wes Morgan letting him down every game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vindaloo FOX Posted 15 April 2018 Share Posted 15 April 2018 wait till after the world cup, i think he will have a good one and then we can ask for a lot more if we want to sell. rather not sell though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoareyaaa Posted 15 April 2018 Share Posted 15 April 2018 He's only just got here, can't see us selling for another season or two at minimum. 50m or GTFO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxfanazer Posted 15 April 2018 Share Posted 15 April 2018 (edited) I’d be devastated. Other than Vardy I think he’s our most important player Edited 15 April 2018 by foxfanazer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RowlattsFox Posted 15 April 2018 Popular Post Share Posted 15 April 2018 Should be captain next season if he stays in my opinion. I think the shit around him has started to rub off on him recently but you can see when he plays for England that he is a class act. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koke Posted 15 April 2018 Share Posted 15 April 2018 He's the same level as VVD so it's not unreasonable to ask for £70m. The club proved with Mahrez that it won't be bullied in the transfer market. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Fox Posted 15 April 2018 Share Posted 15 April 2018 If they come calling I think he will have his head turned, they will be in the Champions League next season maybe even challenging for the league and he could well be a first team player for them. But I would be wanting £50m-£60m minimum. It would be quite a shame to lose him because he has been immense for us, and I think he will get better and better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylofox Posted 15 April 2018 Share Posted 15 April 2018 £35m might as well offer two pints of lager and a packet of crisps. And people say the tight cvnts are in Yorkshire and Scotland. Seems to me the tightest cvnts are in Manchester. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCCFox96 Posted 15 April 2018 Share Posted 15 April 2018 12 hours ago, HankMarvin said: Mourinho is a fan too and he is on a wish-list of defenders also including Real Madrid’s Raphael Varane and Marquinhos of Paris Saint-Germain — both of whom would cost more than him and be much harder to get over the line. Did this guy miss the Riyad Mahrez incident or something? If they think signing Maguire for a snip will be easy then they're in for a shock... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoareyaaa Posted 15 April 2018 Share Posted 15 April 2018 Another coup from the club, with Kante, Drinkwater, Mahrez (when he goes) bringing in nearly 130million Maquire should take up to 200m mark all for a 20m investment. staggering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylofox Posted 15 April 2018 Share Posted 15 April 2018 3 minutes ago, LCCFox96 said: Did this guy miss the Riyad Mahrez incident or something? If they think signing Maguire for a snip will be easy then they're in for a shock... "Vichai it's Jose would you accept £35m for Harry Maguire" Vichai "Jose do one you daft cvnt" 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 15 April 2018 Share Posted 15 April 2018 Got no worries with this, clubs like United can go for much better defenders. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue ROI Posted 15 April 2018 Share Posted 15 April 2018 Good world cup for Harry and then I'd predict he will go. Similar to Kante after Euro 2016. Hate to say it but we've lost our way and the star players could be looking elsewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted 15 April 2018 Share Posted 15 April 2018 43 minutes ago, whoareyaaa said: Another coup from the club, with Kante, Drinkwater, Mahrez (when he goes) bringing in nearly 130million Maquire should take up to 200m mark all for a 20m investment. staggering Yeah I feel so proud of my club selling our best players.... Seriously, I know what you mean but don't think coup is the word i'd use personally. Whilst i'll discuss players prices, worth and want the right price for our players ultimately it doesn't matter how much money we get for players, especially when we spunk it away in the way we do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Nacho Posted 15 April 2018 Share Posted 15 April 2018 Is there where it all starts with Maguire, Mahrez and N'Didi all leave? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danizen Posted 15 April 2018 Share Posted 15 April 2018 £35m is no where near enough. We only got him for £17m because he had one year left on his contract and Hull were relegated. Under normal circumstances he would have cost north of £30m back then. Plus it's Man U. £60m minimum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr The Singh Posted 15 April 2018 Share Posted 15 April 2018 £70 mill, and he is gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finley Parsons Posted 16 April 2018 Share Posted 16 April 2018 https://talksport.com/football/manchester-united-transfer-news-jose-mourinho-wants-leicester-centre-back-harry-maguire urghhhhhhh, not surprised to hear something like this though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozartfox Posted 16 April 2018 Share Posted 16 April 2018 No problem. Wes will be offered a new Contract. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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