Erik ten Hag has been urged to strip the Manchester United captaincy from Harry Maguire and hand it to Bruno Fernandes to end an “embarrassing” situation.
The defender has started just two of the five matches since the World Cup, having begun just six matches all season. He was benched for Friday's 3-1 FA Cup win over Everton as Luke Shaw made his third start at centre-back alongside Raphael Varane.
Maguire did eventually come on for the final seven minutes and could play from the beginning in Tuesday’s League Cup quarter-final with Charlton. However, he has lost his place in Ten Hag’s preferred starting XI with World Cup winner Lisandro Martinez the preferred partner for Varane.
