Manchester United will reportedly have to pay Harry Maguire £10 million to lose him this summer transfer window.
The Manchester United captain is among the several players the Old Trafford club are willing to sell this summer as they prepare for a squad rebuild.
Maguire joined Man United in 2019 from Leicester in a then-world-record deal for a defender. However, the £80million United paid for the 30-year-old has never been justified due to his propensity for errors and high-profile gaffes.
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As such, he has never had the trust of Erik ten Hag, who prefers to play left-back Luke Shaw, Lisandro Martinez, Raphael Varane, and Victor Lindelof ahead of him in central defence. Although ten Hag isn’t pushing him out of the club, he has left the door open for him to leave.
However, should the 30-year-old leave, it could cost Man United a whopping £10million.
This is because of his wages at Old Trafford.
Maguire earns around £190 million a week and will want to be paid that amount if he is to move this summer. Although Man United have reduced his asking price to £30millikn, not many clubs are willing to pay him the amount he earns at United as wages.
As a result, United may have to find part of the wages left in his two-year deal to successfully offload him. According to a report by Sportsmail, the amount United could lose could be up to £10 million. That is a lot of money for Erik ten Hag’s side, who will be looking for every penny available to sign players this summer.
Meanwhile, Maguire has started just 16 out of United’s 61 competitive games this season.
