There was an ambiguous answer from Harry Maguire to the question of whether he feels properly appreciated. “For England, yes, I do,” Maguire replied.
Maguire has enjoyed near-constant backing from Manchester United supporters, bar some pantomime cheers at his removal as their season petered out against Atletico Madrid last season. In the next game, his crass chant reserved for England duty was aired for one time only as a riposte to the little England ingrates who booed him a week earlier.
At the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, Maguire cut loose in victory. "I shouldn’t really need to prove myself at this level," he opined. At international level, Maguire has had a commendable career that comprises of three fine tournament performances and seven goals. Maguire nodded in at the 2018 World Cup and the European Championship in 2021, when he was rightly named in the team of the tournament.
