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David de Gea will become the next captain of Manchester United and for this he has the support of his teammates. New coach Erik ten Hag is under pressure to remove the bar from current captain Harry Maguire after a poor season.
The “Red Devils” finished in sixth place in the Premier League, failing to secure a place in the Champions League, but qualifying for the Europa League.
Maguire has often received numerous criticisms for his appearances on the pitch, where outgoing coach Ralf Rangnick landed him on the bench in several games not activating him as a starter.
Ten Hag refused to confirm whether Maguire would hold the captain’s stripe, as most of the squad allegedly want Spaniard De Gea to take the stripe in front of English defender and Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo.
According to The Sun, even Ten Hag himself is happy to give the ribbon to the goalkeeper of the team that enjoys respect and trust from his colleagues.
Maguire during his first two seasons at the club, made impressive appearances playing 107 games in all competitions, but has failed to repeat that form since losing England in the Euro 2020 final.
He missed eight Premier League games this season, due to injury and poor form, becoming a “prey” of fan harassment on social networks.
The 29-year-old “surprisingly” became United captain in January 2020, just six months after arriving from Leicester for the sum of 80 million pounds./ SuperSport
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