Manchester United offer improved contract to David de Gea, City ready to match £70m bid for Harry Maguire and more Manchester United Transfer News: July 3, 2019

By Deepungsu Pandit

Modified Jul 03, 2019 17:11 GMT

United have offered De Gea an improved deal

#3 Arsenal legend says Harry Maguire is not worth £70m

Paul Mariner says Harry Maguire is not worth Â£70m — Paul Mariner says Harry Maguire is not worth £70m

Former Arsenal Striker Paul Mariner has urged Manchester United to forget Harry Maguire. He says that the Leicester City man was not worth the astronomical amount of money that the club are asking for him and believes that United should target world class defenders instead.

Speaking to ESPN FC, he had this to say

Is he worth that money? Of course he’s not. We speak about Van Dijk when Van Dijk went to Liverpool, was he worth that? Well it proves that he is worth it because they won the Champions League and that’s a massive plus for them.

But is anybody worth this type of money? We’re talking about defensive players.

So let’s go through his skill set. Is he a good one on one defender? Not bad. Can he get turned? Yes. Is he quick? No. He brings the ball out from the back, yes, very good. Positionally what’s he like? He’s decent in both boxes.

That’s not £70m for me though.

That’s when you start talking about elite central defenders in the world.

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