{"id":290130,"date":"2023-09-26T19:34:36","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T19:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=290130"},"modified":"2023-09-26T19:34:36","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T19:34:36","slug":"steve-bruce-makes-shocking-harry-maguire-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/steve-bruce-makes-shocking-harry-maguire-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Bruce makes shocking Harry Maguire claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Steve Bruce claims Harry Maguire would &#8216;walk into most Premier League teams&#8217; and insists the under-fire defender has &#8216;never let Man United down&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Harry Maguire has made his first Man United start of the season on Tuesday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Steve Bruce has leapt to the defence of the under-fire England defender<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>FOLLOW LIVE: Manchester United v Crystal Palace &#8211; Carabao Cup action\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Steve Bruce has defended Harry Maguire&#8217;s recent form and insists the Manchester United defender would &#8216;walk into most Premier League teams&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Maguire has been handed his first start of the season in Manchester United&#8217;s opening Carabao Cup match against Crystal Palace on Tuesday evening as Erik ten Hag looks to give the England international an opportunity to fight for more minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Struggling performances have seen Maguire fall down the pecking order at Old Trafford, but ex-United centre-back, Bruce, believes Maguire is good enough to be a mainstay in most Premier League sides.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s good to see him on the pitch as he hasn&#8217;t started, he has only really started for England and played very well,&#8217; Bruce said on Sky Sports.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s really difficult situation for him because this criticism is coming from where? I can&#8217;t see it from the stands, not sure where it escalates but maybe social media.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/26\/19\/75861431-0-image-a-27_1695754311211.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Harry Maguire has been handed his first start of the season for Man United in Tuesday&#8217;s Carabao Cup encounter<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/26\/19\/75861437-0-image-a-28_1695754315125.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Steve Bruce (pictured) claimed Maguire would &#8216;walk into most Premier League teams&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This is a great opportunity and lets not forget he is a very good player who would probably walk into most premier league teams,&#8217; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Maguire was one of the United outcasts expected to leave the club during the summer before talks with West Ham failed to lead to a deal being completed.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old was also stripped of the United captaincy during the off-season as Ten Hag opted to give the armband to Bruno Fernandes due to Maguire&#8217;s role within the team becoming less significant.<\/p>\n<p>He endured a difficult substitute outing in United&#8217;s 3-1 defeat against Arsenal prior to the international break before being mocked by Scotland supporters after scoring an own-goal in England&#8217;s friendly victory north of the border.<\/p>\n<p>Bruce, most recently manager of West Brom, further explained criticism of Maguire wasn&#8217;t coming from United supporters and insisted he has &#8216;never&#8217; let the club down despite making a series of high-profile mistakes in previous matches.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s very rare fans here get on top of anybody&#8217;s back, they never single out an individual, I don&#8217;t think [criticism] it generates from stadium, maybe social media is the key to it all.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He [Maguire] has never let anybody down, I don&#8217;t think he has let Man United down, of course he has made a few mistakes and the odd own goal, he has made mistakes, he is a centre-back but over the years has proved to be a very good player,&#8217; added Bruce.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12563451\/Steve-Bruce-harry-maguire-manchester-united.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Steve Bruce claims Harry Maguire would &#8216;walk into most Premier League teams&#8217; 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