Is there any captain in the world of football more criticized than Harry Maguire right now? Don’t answer that, it’s a rhetorical question. No, the England international is under heavy barrage basically from last season. There is not one TV pundit who hasn’t identified him as a bad link and the fans have lost patience with him a long time ago. And now, in the latest twist from Manchester’s locker room, he might lose the captain armband. According to Mirror, there is a power struggle at the Old Trafford between Maguire and Cristiano Ronaldo over captaincy.Pogba is still unsure of Man United futureApparently, Ronaldo wants to take over just to take pressure off Maguire, but the England international is reluctant to agree as he doesn’t want to lose the captaincy permanently. Maguire is felling marginalized by Ronaldo, who has publicly supported his teammate but in recent time, he stopped.Jaap Stam on Harry Maguire 🗣️: “Look at who made the decision to bring him in and who decided to pay that much for a player we really don’t fancy or a player we really don’t like.”#Maguire #MaguireOut #mufc pic.twitter.com/KsTpNJJMpJ— Abhijit Dutta (@AbhijitD78) February 12, 2022 It will be interesting to see how this change of captaincy will be implemented (if it indeed comes to that), especially since coach Ralf Ranginck said there is no reason for any change in that department just three days ago. The German tactician was asked about Maguire’s bad performances and he replied with a strange explanation but still supported Harry.“He is our captain and I don’t see any reason to change that. He is also a player who has to develop and get better like all the other players. The way we playing now is new to him, also because in the English national team he is used to playing in a back three and here at Manchester United in a back four, but still not being as proactive with that kind of defence when we try and be on the front foot trying to defend. This is something new to him and it will take some time for him to get used to that and adjusted to that and this is what I can say to that” said Rangnick. Now we wait to see what happens next.
