Harry Maguire

[ctid1894]

Otamendi (a slower player) plays in that same system. Speed is not an issue

Give it a rest pal, Otamendi might be slower over a long distance but Maguire’s turning circle and acceleration is on par with Richard Dunne. Speed or more so acceleration and speed over 5-10 yards is very much an issue.

 

[manlikepep]

Yeah I’d be down if the fee wasn’t absolutely ridiculous . There’s no way he should be worth around VVD price

 

[cityzennn93:20]

I'm genuinely asking can someone please tell me how maguire makes us a better team ? Makes no sense what so ever.

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

I'm genuinely asking can someone please tell me how maguire makes us a better team ? Makes no sense what so ever.

He's English.

 

[decmancity]

I'm genuinely asking can someone please tell me how maguire makes us a better team ? Makes no sense what so ever.

Ask Pep if we sign him.

Its quite clear he is a threat at set pieces, comfortable on the ball and able to bring it out of defence, has a good attitude and could well go up 4/5 levels under Pep.

 

[BosnianBlue]

Apart from their middle names, that is.

JFE is 44 years old, Maguire is 26.

 

[ninjamonkey]

He’s a good player. He doesn’t improve us but that’s a very hard thing to do, there’s probably only de ligt who’s obtainable that could do that in this position. Kompany needs replacing and otamendi might too, for the right price I’d be fine with him coming in. The issue is it isn’t going to be the right price, Leicester are going to demand a crazy fee and given our need for reinforcements and replacements elsewhere and a potential ban to plan for too it doesn’t make much sense.

 

[cjn]

Why we would do this when Alderweireld can be had for £25m is beyond me.

 

[blueparrot]

I'm genuinely asking can someone please tell me how maguire makes us a better team ? Makes no sense what so ever.

If it makes no sense we won’t buy him. If we buy him it’s because it makes sense you just can’t see it. The sense it makes to me is he gives us a physical presence when we need it, he’s different to Stones and Laporte. He’s good bringing the ball up the pitch and he’s homegrown we will need at least one incoming player to be homegrown. For us to buy him it must make sense to Pep and Txiki otherwise we wont buy him.

 

[Fast Forward To The Past]

Let's see what the Leicester fans, who've seen him play over forty times in the last year, think...

"I hope [he goes to Manchester City] he's absolute pump. I have never ever understood the hype."

"Great. Can we give them Wes as well."

"Think we should make it £75m just so it's the same price as Van Dijk... the comparisons when it all goes wrong will be much easier for the journos!!"

"Sell sell sell at that price "

"I would take half of that tbh"

"Smalling's probably better... the other two [Bailly and Jones] are probably the same quality as Maguire - the difference being every mistake they make at United is under scrutiny whilst Maguire gets away with his errors here."

That's all from the first PAGE of the Leicester forum thread on his possible departure. Also several fans who think Evans is better. I haven't got time to read further at the moment but will later.

No agenda against the lad but if that's what his own fans think of him we should be deeply concerned about the idea of spending £70m on him...

Could that money not go towards a left-back and DM and persuade Otamendi to stay one more year? Or even sign a cheaper CB?

Confirmation bias.
That is not the general consensus of the thread you quoted.
I just read several pages of it spanning multiple months. Not just one day in march.
They rate him. Highly
The only reason some supporters want to sell is because they want Tielemans, a winger and backup for Vardy.