Man United urged to be ‘ruthless’ in selling Harry Maguire this summer by club legend Dwight Yorke, with a SHOCK move to Premier League rival proposed

Manchester United defender Harry Maguire’s long-term future at Old Trafford remains uncertain, with the England international tipped for a summer transfer.

Manchester United’s co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has been advised by former player Dwight Yorke to sell Harry Maguire.

Maguire, 31, has seen his standing at United take a hit under Erik ten Hag, who is trying to bolster his defensive options. New signing Leny Yoro has already arrived at Old Trafford, and Matthijs de Ligt is also on Ten Hag’s radar for the summer. This leaves Maguire’s future at United hanging by a thread, especially with just one year left on his contract.

Yorke has urged Ratcliffe to do whatever it takes to get some return on their £80 million ($102.8 million) investment in Maguire, suggesting that a shake-up could be what’s needed to turn the club’s fortunes around.

“Harry Maguire could sit out the last year of his contract and know he’s going to play at some point due to injuries, but United really need to be ruthless and get rid of him. They have Lisandro Martinez, Victor Lindelof, and maybe Leny Yoro,” Yorke told Premier League Betting. “But Harry Maguire is in the position that he doesn’t have to go anywhere if he doesn’t want to.

“The opportunity had passed to get rid of him because he so desperately wanted to be at Euro 2024 and he would have done anything to play. That was the time to move him so he could get regular football. So that opportunity passed and he’s still there. I think we need to freshen things up at United and bring new faces in and take the future of the football club forward rather than backwards.”

Yorke does believe there is a ready-made destination for Maguire, which could aid United’s hopes of selling the defender. He picked out Chelsea as the perfect place for the Englishman, following Thiago Silva’s exit. He added: “Maguire has shown that he is very capable of playing at the highest level still and elite clubs like Chelsea, who are trying to rebuild, might take a chance on Maguire. He can clearly still play at the level.

“A fresh start might just give him that injection to really perform again for another year or two at that top level. So you never know. I played until I was 36 so I’m never going to write someone off if they’re still in their early 30s. He’s still got the attributes to do that. I think players do improve if the team is doing well and winning football matches, football becomes very easy to play. Football is only difficult when things are not going particularly well.

“Then you realize who is really good and who isn’t. With Thiago Silva leaving Chelsea, there’s a gap there for an experienced player like Maguire to move into.”