MANCHESTER UNITED captain Harry Maguire was spotted at the UK premiere of Mrs Doubtfire the Musical on Friday.
Maguire, 29, made a discreet entrance when he arrived at the Manchester Opera House to watch the performance – just two days before United’s blockbuster clash with Arsenal.
The defender has fallen out-of-favour with new boss Erik ten Hag this season despite still being skipper of the Red Devils.
He has made just two appearances so far – both of which were defeats.
As a result, he was dropped to the bench ahead of Man Utd’s 2-1 win over Liverpool.
And he has not played since with Raphael Varane and Lisandro Martinez both preferred in Ten Hag’s starting line-up.
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Maguire is expected to remain on the bench for Sunday’s huge match against Arsenal unless one of the manager’s favoured defensive duo picks up a last-minute injury.
The England international has struggled to assert himself at Old Trafford over the past year.
Earlier this week it was revealed that Cristiano Ronaldo – who has also been demoted to the sidelines recently – labelled him “part of the problem” at the club.
The forward even called for Maguire to be demoted to the bench LAST SEASON while Ralf Rangnick was in charge.
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However, United legend Paul Scholes believes a spell on the sidelines could actually benefit the defender.
When speaking on BT Sport ahead of the Red Devils’ 1-0 win over Southampton last week, he said: “It will be tough for him because no player likes to be left out. But I think it’s the right thing and it will do him good in the long run.
“If United can get a six, seven [or] eight game run going when they’re winning games and he comes back into a confident team because he will still get a lot of games.
“Varane with his injury problems, the League Cup, the Europa League games – he won’t want to play in those but if United can get a run of form going, it will be easier to integrate him.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
