Gary Neville once claimed Harry Maguire was "irreplaceable" to Manchester United but Erik ten Hag has quickly proved that isn't the case just months into his reign as manager.
The Dutchman took charge in the summer and has wasted little time in slowly ousting Maguire from the fold and finding a central defensive pairing he feels more comfortable with in Raphael Varane and summer signing Lisandro Martinez. The duo were in fine form before Varane picked up an injury away at Chelsea last month.
Speaking in December of 2020 on his Sky Sports Podcast, Neville claimed: "Maguire, I think, you’d know if he was missing. My gut feeling is that they would miss him enormously.
