In an international window when Paul Pogba revealed his struggles with depression and Gareth Bale suggested callous criticism could lead to suicide, how did a section of England fans treat a man who helped lead them to a World Cup semi-final and Euros final in the past four years? By booing him before he even kicked a ball.
Precisely what Harry Maguire has done to prompt Three Lions fans to turn on him is not clear. Perhaps some England supporters just cannot forgive him for his red card in Manchester United’s 4-1 defeat to Watford in November; a result that proved the final straw for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s doomed reign.
