Harry Maguire named Man Utd captain

Official | Maguire is the new Manchester United captain
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Harry Maguire has been confirmed as Manchester United’s permanent captain.

The £80m centre back has been wearing the armband for much of the season, but will officially succeed Ashley Young, who is set to complete a £1.3m move to Inter Milan.

Maguire has impressed since his world record move from Leicester in the summer, but it is still a remarkable rise for the England international in a short space of time.

David de Gea and Paul Pogba were also contenders for the role, but it is a measure of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s faith in Maguire that he has chosen the defender ahead of longer-standing members of his squad.

the Man Utd’s manager said: “Harry is wearing the captain’s armband and will keep wearing it. He’s been a leader in the group.

“I’ve been impressed by his leadership skills, so he will continue wearing the armband.

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“He’s come in and everything about him tells me he’s a leader. He’s part of a group we’ve had that have been leading this young group, David, Marcus (Rashford) and Harry, so Harry will keep on wearing the armband.”

Former club captain Young is having a medical in Italy today ahead of his move to Inter.

Solskjaer confirmed United couldn’t match the Italians’ offer of a two-year deal.

He added: “For Ashley, he’s 35 in the summer, and if he gets a two-year contract somewhere I think it’s up to him to take that. We weren’t ready to offer that.

“He’s been a good servant, captain, won trophies, league, cups - but we’ve got players coming through and when Ashley’s head and mindset was: ‘I want to try this.’ why not now?”

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