Harry Maguire

[Stockport Blues]

We'd get destroyed on the counter, he's painfully slow. Also think we could get better for £60+ mil. Then again, I wasn't over the moon when we signed John Stones so who knows.
The 1 Leicester player I want is Ndidi.

I appreciate he’s slow but Vinnys not the quickest especially this season but he made up for it with other physical attributes I feel this is the same for maguire he offers that physical presence that we are losing and I know he’s not vinnys level but this he would be a great 3rd choice to support Laporte and stones

 

[Manc in London]

Maguire is no superstar but you can see why Pep would like to sign him: English, physically powerful, comfortable with the ball at his feet, his head is like a magnet for the ball at set pieces, he's intelligent and he seemingly appears to be popular with other players (as opposed to being full of himself and divisive).

 

[come-on-barney]

The way he took that ball out of the defence and ran down the left hand wing leaving players in his trail did not look to me as a player without any skill.

 

[Indaparkside]

The way he took that ball out of the defence and ran down the left hand wing leaving players in his trail did not look to me as a player without any skill.

One swallow doesn’t make a summer?? 60/70 million a lot of dough

 

[Delphinho]

That would be more the case with De Ligt. I also think Sandler isn't going to make it regardless. Garcia and Harwood-Bellis look like they could make it though

With De Ligt it would be more acceptable since he`s a generational talent. One of Harwood-Bellis and Garcia won`t make it whether we sign De Ligt or Maguire. My ideal situation would be to pay Alderweireld`s release clause of 25m, and play him for 2-3 seasons, and let Dinho/Garcia be 4th choice CB

 

[Goats left knee]

Serious underestimation of his skills on this site. He is just as impressive for Leicester as van Dijk was at Southampton as far as I am concerned
If United were fixing up their squad and got him I would see it as a solid addition

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

I'm not keen on Leicester becoming our feeder club , and from what I've seen of Maguire is a no from me.

 

[better dead than red]

Pep might be looking at him as part of a 3 at the back with Laporte and Stones when Mendy is fully fit.

For 3-6 matches a year then?

 

[ctid1894]

Maguire is a very good player, no one is doubting that but he isn’t the right fit for us. In a team that’s happy to drop off and defend deep he’s brilliant, as it makes the most of his ability (physically and technically) without exposing his lack of acceleration and agility.

We need central defenders who are comfortable defending big spaces 1 vs 1, who have the acceleration and agility to recover and slow counter attacks down until we can get numbers back. We need central defenders who are comfortable trying to anticipate danger and win balls back before the opposition even gets turned to run at us. On top of all that we need central defenders who are not just comfortable on the ball but who are capable of breaking lines and picking the right passes at the right times.

There’s very few central defenders around with that skill set, never mind English defenders.

 

[cjn]

I don't see it, really at all with this guy, especially if we're talking around £60m. He's an extremely large man I guess? That said, in Pep we trust and if he's identified something here I'm on board.

 

[bluenova]

Seems a bizarre choice. I read we were looking for someone fast, so to see his name mentioned is astonishing.

Someone mentioned Van Dijk's game improving at Liverpool, but no matter how good we are, Maguire isn't going to get an extra 20% faster.

 

[mccity]

I reckon it could work.

He's also the only defender out there with a giant head large enough to replace Kompany's. That has to count for something.

 

[Fast Forward To The Past]

We'd get destroyed on the counter, he's painfully slow. Also think we could get better for £60+ mil. Then again, I wasn't over the moon when we signed John Stones so who knows.
The 1 Leicester player I want is Ndidi.

To be fair. Otamendi is probably a lot slower still.
We did allright with him at the back last season. There where a few moments...

 

[blueparrot]

Seems a bizarre choice. I read we were looking for someone fast, so to see his name mentioned is astonishing.

Someone mentioned Van Dijk's game improving at Liverpool, but no matter how good we are, Maguire isn't going to get an extra 20% faster.

Not that slow, did you not see him go down our left side last week. Think he's a much better player than some think, and different to Stone and Laporte, and if he's not then we won't buy him.

 

[DMA's]

I wasn’t sold on maguire at all when the links first emerged. I have however since then had a bit of a u-turn.

Firstly which I think is very important seeing as delph is leaving maguire is home grown. If we can sign an important squad player who also covers that criteria then it really is a huge bonus,

Secondly after reading the Leicester city forums opinion about him (let’s face it they will have a much better opinion on him than we do) I came across these stats:

Aerial duels win percentage:
Van Dijk 74%
Maguire 71%
Kompany 68%
Vertonghen 67%
De Ligt 66%
Stones 66%
David Luiz 58%
Koulibaly 55%
Alderweireld 52%

Completed dribbles (last 2 league seasons):
Maguire 58
Vertonghen 38
Pique 30
De Ligt 27
David Luiz 22
Van Dijk 22
Godin 18
Varane 17
Sergio Ramos 16
Stones 11
Alderweireld 9
Evans 9
Kompany 6

Pep has mentioned we lack physicality and the aerial duels won percentage is very very impressive albeit the size of his head does give him a huge advantage. The completed dribbles is also very interesting and to me gives some indication as to why we are so interested in maguire.

Finally I don’t think we should under estimate just how good of a coach pep is and he will no doubt take maguire to another level,

For me Laporte stones maguire and fern as back up is more than sufficient for what we need as well as hopefully giving Garcia some first team action in the “easier” games.

 

[FantasyIreland]

6'4 and approaching 15 stone - a fucking monster.

 

[blueparrot]

6'4 and approaching 15 stone - a fucking monster.

I think his size is what gives a lot of people a misconception of his ability.

 

[Fast Forward To The Past]

Seems a bizarre choice. I read we were looking for someone fast, so to see his name mentioned is astonishing.

Someone mentioned Van Dijk's game improving at Liverpool, but no matter how good we are, Maguire isn't going to get an extra 20% faster.

Not that strange seeing how we are currently set-up.
Walker has been used as counter protection all season. He's not really playing as a fullback anymore.
More a protector with some fullback moments now and again.

 

[TonyM]

Seems a bizarre choice. I read we were looking for someone fast, so to see his name mentioned is astonishing.

Someone mentioned Van Dijk's game improving at Liverpool, but no matter how good we are, Maguire isn't going to get an extra 20% faster.

 

[bluenova]

Not that slow, did you not see him go down our left side last week. Think he's a much better player than some think, and different to Stone and Laporte, and if he's not then we won't buy him.

It's not really a one on one race though is it? Although, the only stats I could find are from FIFA - but they suggest he's pretty sluggish.