Pundit claims Harry Maguire is not worth £80m price tag Rafael van der Vaart has questioned Harry Maguire’s ability and says he was shocked that Manchester United spent £80m on the centre-back. United paid a world-record transfer fee for a defender to sign the 26-year-old from Leicester last week, having spent all summer negotiating a fee for the England star. However, Van der Vaart was less than impressed with Maguire’s performance during England’s 3-1 Uefa Nations League semi-final defeat to the Netherlands back in May. He told Sky Sports: “I was working for Dutch television during the Uefa Nations League and I remember we were saying ‘Harry Maguire was by far the worst player on the pitch. Then two months later he signs for £80 million!” Maguire was quickly defended by Sky Sports pundit Jamie Redknapp, who reassured the former Tottenham midfielder that ‘he can play’. Get the latest personalised Red Devils products on our new TEAMtalk Man Utd shop! The post Pundit claims Harry Maguire is not worth £80m price tag appeared first on teamtalk.com.

Rafael van der Vaart has questioned Harry Maguire’s ability and says he was shocked that Manchester United spent £80m on the centre-back.

United paid a world-record transfer fee for a defender to sign the 26-year-old from Leicester last week, having spent all summer negotiating a fee for the England star.

However, Van der Vaart was less than impressed with Maguire’s performance during England’s 3-1 Uefa Nations League semi-final defeat to the Netherlands back in May.

He told Sky Sports: “I was working for Dutch television during the Uefa Nations League and I remember we were saying ‘Harry Maguire was by far the worst player on the pitch. Then two months later he signs for £80 million!”

Maguire was quickly defended by Sky Sports pundit Jamie Redknapp, who reassured the former Tottenham midfielder that ‘he can play’.

 

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