Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag may soon have to pick his next club captain - should Harry Maguire lose the armband, as is being suggested in various reports.
It is being claimed that the centre-back - who saw his game time reduced at Old Trafford last season - is going to be stripped of the captaincy. Maguire turned out 16 times in the Premier League last campaign, with Raphael Varane and Lisandro Martinez forging a partnership in the heart of defence. Towards the end of the season, Victor Lindelöf and Luke Shaw also stepped in and performed.
Maguire now faces an uncertain future, ahead of his fifth season as a United player. The centre-back's place in the England side is under its greatest threat yet and Maguire may need to leave United for the good of his international career. He has been linked with fellow top-flight sides Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham this summer.
