‘I am not going to sit here all my life’ – Harry Maguire fires clear message to Erik ten Tag

Manchester United defender Harry Maguire has sparked his Manchester United exit by claiming he won’t be sitting on the bench as he pushes to bag a spot in England’s squad for the Euro 2024.

The England international has seen playing time hard to come by at Old Trafford, and faces intense competition from the likes of Marc Guehi, John Stones and Fikayo Tomori for an England spot.

Discussing his future – and the lack of starts at Man United – Maguire was quoted by ESPN as saying: “I am not going to sit here all my life and play once a month and if it carries on I am sure myself and the club will sit down and have a chat about things.

“But honestly at the moment I am focused on two games for England, two big games, and then I am fully focused on fighting to try and win back my place at Manchester United and trying to help the team climb up the league to where we should be.

“I have belief in my ability and what I have done in my career and as every player should, every player who is on the bench should believe they should be starting otherwise they wouldn’t be playing at a high level.”

Maguire added: “I am no different. It has been tough, I want to play games, I want to feel important to the club and to the rest of the team. At the moment I haven’t been playing nowhere near as much as I would like.

“That is the bottom line of it and I just have to make sure I am ready to take the opportunities when they come along.”