It appears increasingly unlikely that Harry Maguire will be at Manchester United next season, leaving Erik ten Hag with a decision to make over naming a new club captain.
Maguire was given the armband by Ole Gunnar Solskjær in January 2020, replacing Ashley Young who signed for Inter Milan. But the England defender is no longer a first-choice centre-back at Old Trafford under Ten Hag, who prefers a pairing of Lisandro Martinez and Raphael Varane.
Injuries to Martinez and Varane have seen Maguire parachuted back into the first-team picture and he has started United’s last four matches in all competitions, including the 3-0 defeat to Sevilla which knocked United out of the Europa League at the quarter-final stage.