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.