Man Utd’s Harry Maguire learns extent of injury picked up on England duty | Football
Related Posts
Harry Maguire is likely to be out of contention at Manchester United for two weeks due to the injury he picked up while playing for England against Germany on Monday night.
The centre-back suffered a thigh problem during the 3-3 draw at Wembley and was clearly struggling with it after the match having played the last few minutes through injury.
The Sun report that this will keep him out of action for the Red Devils for the next two weeks, which is likely to see him miss at least three matches.
United take on Manchester City on Sunday in the Premier League, before travelling to Omonia Nicosia in the Europa League and then to Everton on 9 October.
Erik ten Hag’s side then host Omonia on 13 October and Maguire will hope to be available for that contest, as he is likely to have a better chance of featuring in the Europa League than the Premier League.
The 29-year-old has quickly found himself out of the first team this season under the new United boss, with Ten Hag preferring the partnership of Lisandro Martinez and Raphael Varane at centre-back.
England manager Gareth Southgate has kept faith with the former Leicester man, starting him in both Nations League matches over the international break, but with the new injury Maguire’s hopes of playing regularly for United before the World Cup are in an even worse state.
Southgate has come in for criticism for continuing to play Maguire despite his lack of minutes for the Red Devils and struggles with form, but the Three Lions boss explained why he has stuck by the centre-back and hopes he can get back into the fold at Old Trafford.
‘Why do we pick him? Because he’s one of the players who gives us the best chance of winning,’ Southgate said after the draw with Germany.
‘So really we should all be wanting a Harry Maguire that’s playing regularly and playing with confidence.
‘That applies to quite a few players but he’s the one everything lands on, which must be a tough space for him.’
MORE : Man Utd boss Erik ten Hag handed massive injury boost ahead of Manchester derby
MORE : Gareth Southgate urges Erik ten Hag to restore Harry Maguire to Manchester United team
For more stories like this, check our sport page.
Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on
Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Denial of responsibility! News Leaflets is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of the content and do not want us to publish your materials, please contact us by email – [email protected]. The content will be deleted within 24 hours.