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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Scott Murray

Will Harry Maguire ever emerge from the dusty dugout he calls home?

Harry Maguire on the Manchester United substitutes' bench.
Harry Maguire waits patiently for the call that will never come. Photograph: Peter Powell/EPA

HAR, VAR, SUPERSTAR

The curtain has risen on a brand-new season of the Premier League, yet already it’s apparent that many things are going to pan out in exactly the same manner as before. Chelsea continue to fling their dollars around like sailors on shore leave. Liverpool are still incapable of properly replacing Graeme Souness. And yet again, for what seems like the 1,000th Old Trafford evening in a row, Harry Maguire sits brooding in the stands with a slab on. Whatever must the po’ erstwhile Manchester United captain be thinking?! Once considered part of a proud lineage that includes Bobby Charlton, Bryan Robson and Roy Keane, he’s now worryingly close to the top of a list featuring David May, Marcos Rojo and William Prunier. Oh Harry! That it’s come to this! Still!

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