England supervisor Gareth Southgate is staying coy about Harry Maguire’s status in the nationwide group numeration, confessing that he can’t guarantee call-ups for anybody.
It comes amidst unpredictability over Maguire’s future with United available to offering the previous Reds’ captain must an ideal deal occurred.
Southgate informed Talksport:
“We’re not in a world where we’re cuddling. We’re in the tough world of professional football.
“He’s got two World Cup winners in the team ahead of him. [Raphael] Varane and [Lisandro] Martinez are top level players, when you’re at the big clubs you’re always going to be challenged, they’re going to sign players every summer, you’ve got to compete for your position and you’ve got to take that battle on.
“If you’re Manchester United you want good backup as well, you’re going to get injuries, they’ve got Champions League football as well as trying to push for the Premier League.
“I’m sure they will be comfortable about Harry staying as back-up or being in the team, however that fight ends up.”
Asked if Maguire would be chosen to bet England if he stays sidelined at United, he included:
“It depends upon how other gamers at other clubs are doing. I can never ever guarantee a gamer we’re going to select them. It’s [Maguire and John Stones] a collaboration that’s worked remarkably for us, so we identify that, however there’s constantly brand-new difficulties coming through. There are some good young centre-backs coming through who are gradually getting experience which is going to be the difficulty moving forward.”
