HARRY MAGUIRE has been urged to quit Manchester United by Rio Ferdinand.
That’s after the Red Devils captain was benched for his side’s 1-0 win at Wolves.
Maguire, 29, was in exceptional form for England at the World Cup, helping his side reach the quarters before being knocked out by France.
However, the centre-back’s performances were not enough to win over Erik ten Hag, who dropped his skipper from United’s XI earlier this season.
And Maguire was kept on the bench in Tuesday’s 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest, with left-back Luke Shaw preferred next to Raphael Varane.
Maguire was once again made to watch United from the sideline as they earned a hard-fought win over Wolves at Molineux.
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And former United star Ferdinand, who also played at centre-back, has urged Maguire to find himself a new club instead of wasting his prime years on the bench.
Ferdinand told BT Sport: “It raised eyebrows when you saw Lindelof and Maguire on the bench.
“It shows what Ten Hag thinks of those two guys.
“If I’m Harry Maguire, I’m looking for a new club right now. He’s faultless for England, but at United it hasn’t worked out for him.
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“This new manager is showing him he’s not going to be one of the top two centre-backs.
“I’d be telling my agent to go and find me a new club where I can play regularly and enjoy my football.”
Maguire joined United from Leicester in 2019 for £70million, going on to play 154 times.
But despite being a starter under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick, Maguire has struggled for minutes with Ten Hag at the helm.
Varane and Lisandro Martinez are both ahead of Maguire in the pecking order, with Shaw now seemingly preferred too.
And with United linked with Napoli’s Kim Min-jae, Maguire could soon find opportunities even harder to come by.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
