Rio Ferdinand Believes Harry Maguire is holding back Manchester United

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The former Manchester United and English centre back Rio Ferdinand believes that the current Manchester United captain Harry Maguire is holding back the Red Devils due to his lack of pace.

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“The thing about someone like Ralf Rangnick and all the top teams now is when they play, they play on the front foot and want to win the ball high.

“Therefore, you need defenders that can defend on the halfway line one v one, two v two or three v two if you want that security.

“But if you can play two v two or one v one on the halfway line, that enables you to have more bodies in the opponents’ half. Hence why teams do that, to win the ball early and be closer to the opposition goal to score goals.

“Liverpool do it tremendously well, Manchester City do it really well, Bayern do it. Three of the best teams on the planet and everyone is going that way of playing football. Rangnick’s style is like that.

“Can you do that with Maguire? That’s my problem, that’s my issue. His pace doesn’t allow for that, he’s always going to be looking over his shoulder.

“If I’m a quick centre-forward or a quick attacker, I would be hanging around where Harry Maguire is.”

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