Manchester United captain Harry Maguire is working on his own fitness levels abroad ahead of returning to Carrington for pre-season training next week.
Maguire, alongside the likes of Bruno Fernandes and Cristiano Ronaldo, was given an extra period of leave this summer after being called up for international duty at the start of June. The United skipper made four appearances for England as the Three Lions' Nations League campaign got off to a disastrous start.
The former Leicester City defender, however, has used his extended period of leave to create much happier memories, recently marrying long-term partner Fern Hawkins. They tied the knot in France and are now in Italy on their honeymoon.
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Maguire, though, has started to put preparations in place for his return to Carrington next week, taking to social media to upload a video of him working on his fitness levels. The centre-back shared a video on Twitter of him running against a backdrop of stunning Italian scenery.
Along with the video, Maguire posted a short caption, as well as the Italian flag, saying: "Keep running." He also shared an additional photo of himself and a group of five Italian children, who he had a training session with.
Maguire, who will have aspirations of enjoying a far more productive and positive campaign than last season, is set to be part of the United squad that will fly out to Thailand in a week's time for the start of the pre-season tour of Thailand and Australia.
The defender, following the conclusion of last season, outlined how much he was looking forward to working with new manager Erik ten Hag. He backed the Dutchman to bring "positive energy" to the club.
"The new manager will bring in a lot of positive energy the lads will go with that," Maguire explained. "We had all great, positive vibes going into the season under Ole [Gunnar Solskjaer], we actually started the season, points-wise really well. Things went from a positive start to a bad start really quickly, we were conceding too many goals, not scoring enough goals, and it just spiralled.
"We can look at individual performances but I think every player at the club has not performed to a level, that's apart from Cristiano [Ronaldo] with his goals."
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