Marcos Rojo has taken a brutal swipe at former Manchester United teammate Harry Maguire, claiming then-Red Devils boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer only played him because of his £80million price tag.Maguire is a joke – and United need serious leaders on the pitchThe Argentine defender, who lost his place to Maguire during the 2019-20 season, revealed his tirade at the Norwegian gaffer when he questioned why the Englishman was starting despite ‘mistakes every week.’Don’t you ever doubt Maguire’s leadership skills. Or you’ll get a call…Rojo, who spent six seasons at Old Trafford before joining Boca Juniors in 2021, told TYC Sports: “In 2019, I was very good in England. I was playing in the Europa League, but I was very angry with the coach because he was putting Maguire on the team instead of me.”Thank God they have taken him out now and Licha [Lisandro] Martinez is playing.”One day, I went to Solskjaer’s office to tell him to let me leave for another club or put me in the starting line-up. I said it was wrong that I wasn’t playing.”Son of a b****, let me play because this guy is making huge mistakes every week.”But he told me that Maguire had to play regardless because they had paid so much money for him.”##NAJAVA_MECA_7217559##Maguire was the world’s most expensive defender when United paid £80m to sign him from Leicester City in the summer of 2019.That forced Rojo down the pecking order at centre-back. In 2021, Rojo left United to sign permanently for Boca Juniors.
