Ten Hag confirms Maguire stance after West Ham see bid rejected by Man Utd
The England defender was last week removed as club captain at Old Trafford, with Bruno Fernandes handed the armband forward of subsequent season.
Maguire misplaced his place to Lisandro Martinez and left-back Luke Shaw was performed out of place in central defence forward of him, limiting the 30-year-old to solely eight Premier League begins final day trip.
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West Ham are curious about a transfer for the previous Leicester star, who stays the costliest defender in historical past following his £80m transfer to Old Trafford in 2019.
United have rejected a loan offer from the Hammers and Maguire wants to make sure he’s taking part in common soccer forward of the European Championships in Germany subsequent summer season.
Despite frequent hyperlinks with a transfer away from the membership, ten Hag has confused the defender nonetheless has a task to play.
“Harry’s very important for this squad, for this team,” he mentioned.
“And, you know, in his role as centre-back, we have four centre-backs. I talked about consistency and we know we can’t do it with 11 players and so I’m happy we have four very good centre-backs.
“And we will need them, and he has to fight for his place, as he did last year. He has a high potential so I’m sure he will do it, he will fight for his place and then it’s up to him.”