Ex-Man Utd defender McGrath: Maguire is just too slow | OneFootball

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·6 December 2020

Ex-Man Utd defender McGrath: Maguire is just too slow

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Manchester United FA Cup winner Paul McGrath has taken aim at captain Harry Maguire.

He wrote for the Sunday World: "It's obvious to me Harry Maguire doesn't have the pace to be a top-notch centre-half – by which I mean Virgil van Dijk top-notch.


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"Too often last Wednesday Maguire was left for dead when asked to cope with the speed of PSG's counter-attacks.

"Maybe the summer business in Greece is still playing on Harry's mind.

"However, we've seen Spurs and Chelsea expose the lack of speed in recovery in Premier League matches too.

"If United do go on in Europe's premier competition, how are they going to cope with some of the lightning-quick attackers still waiting for them.

"Men like Antoine Griezmann of Barcelona and Serge Gnabry of Bayern Munich."

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