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Manchester United have officially signed Harry Maguire from Leicester for a fee of £80 million, making him the most expensive defender in the world. The club announced this afternoon that the England international has signed a six-year contract with an option of a further year. The previous record-breaking signing of a defender was back in 2018 when Virgil Van Dyk …

*** Originally published on August 4. Manchester United are about to break the world transfer record for a defender, signing Harry Maguire for £85m from Leicester City. The transfer is further proof that the club do not know what they doing. Imagine you spent months haggling over the price of something, only to eventually pay the price you were originally …

The long-running transfer saga involving Harry Maguire and Manchester United looks set to come to an end as the Premier League giants have agreed an £85 million deal with Leicester City.  According to the Telegraph, the two clubs finally came to an agreement on terms for the player which meets Leicester’s requirements for money upfront plus add-on fees. The 26-year-old …

Manchester United are set to sign Leicester City defender Harry Maguire for £80m (€89m), according to reports. The Sun claim that Maguire will have a medical with the club on Monday before completing his transfer to Old Trafford. The Foxes will reportedly be paid £60m up front, with a further £20m due in add-ons – the nature of which the …

England defender Harry Maguire has signed a new five-year contract with Leicester, the club announced on Sunday. The 25-year-old joined Leicester from Hull in 2017 and played every minute of their Premier League campaign last season before helping England reach the World Cup semi-finals. Maguire, who was the subject of interest from Manchester United during the recent transfer window, said on …

Harry Maguire’s injury-time goal saw the away support at St. Mary’s go absolutely bananas as he secured a valuable three points for Leicester City in their Premier League clash with Southampton.  Southampton had been leading from the 52nd minute thanks to a goal from Ryan Bertrand, but the 2015/16 Premier League champions hit back through Demarai Gray and England’s standout player at …

With just four days left to go in the English transfer window, it’s panic stations for one of the Premier League’s biggest clubs. Manchester United got some early recruits in the form of midfielder Fred and the more low-profile signing of young full back Diogo Dalot. The rest of their summer has been dogged by a lack of transfer activity, with manager …

Harry Maguire was one of nine names considered by Manchester United to fill their central defensive void this summer. Reports this week suggested that the Leicester City and England defender had surged to the top of Man United’s wishlist, and that the Red Devils were intensifying their efforts to bring the centre-back to Old Trafford before the transfer deadline passes. …

England central defender Harry Maguire’s impressive performances at the World Cup has made him a prime target for Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho, according to British media reports on Saturday. The 25-year-old is believed to want to secure the move although Leicester’s Thai owners are reluctant to sell after another of their stars Algerian forward Riyad Mahrez moved to champions …

We asked you to vote for your World Cup 2018 Team of the Tournament, and the results are in. We whittled down all 736 players involved in Russia down to tjust a handful of nominees in each category, and you did the rest in a series of polls. While there were some landslides in terms of who made it in …

Former Tottenham manager, Harry Redknapp has praised Harry Maguire ahead of England’s World Cup semi-final, comparing the 25-year-old to Richard Dunne.   Redknapp was speaking at the launch of AIB’s ‘The Toughest Rivalry’ which sees him take over Cork club, Castlehaven as they go up against Erin’s Isle of Dublin, managed by former Premier League manager and player, Gianluca Vialli. The …

England enjoyed a relatively comfortable World Cup quarter-final victory over Sweden on Saturday afternoon. Gareth Southgate’s side were expecting a stern test against a Sweden side who had been structurally sound all the way through the tournament so far – however, much like Uruguay against France on Friday, the Scandinavians picked a really bad time to have an off-day. A …

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Man United let slip a 2-1 lead in the 95th minute against Leicester on Saturday, losing further ground on Man City as a result.

Tottenham’s Premier League form went from bad to worse on Tuesday night, as they went down 2-1 to Leicester City at the King Power. Mauricio Pochettino’s men have now won just one of their last five league games – a 1-0 victory at Wembley against bottom-side Crystal Palace – as a massive dent has been created in their title hopes. …

The return of the Premier League last month brought some new narratives, while some from last season were resumed and amplified. Manchester United look like a team to be feared again with three wins in a row, champions Chelsea suffered a shock opening day defeat but quickly recovered, Liverpool’s fizzy attack is (as always) hampered by their flat defence, while …

On a weekend which saw victories for Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle and Swansea, we pick our team of the weekend from the latest Premier League action. _______ GK: Tom Heaton (Burnley) The Burnley keeper was sensational in their draw with Tottenham – making four top-class saves to keep out the likes of Harry Kane. Were it not for the …