Harry Maguire is Manchester United's most expensive centre-back and yet he's currently fourth-choice in that position. Erik ten Hag hasn't been afraid of making the big decisions and that includes regularly naming the club captain on the bench.
Maguire hopelessly underperformed last season and that brought his position as captain under immense scrutiny, but Ten Hag insisted he would retain the armband in the summer, although that hasn't guaranteed him starts, which it had previously.
The defender started against Brighton and Brentford and he was part of the side that embarrassed the history of the club in those two humiliating defeats. Ten Hag then dropped Maguire to the bench against Liverpool and United progressed.
