In today's football world, where transfer fees are rising, the value of defenders is also rising, and the current value of top defenders is basically 80 million euros.
Van Dijk moved to Liverpool for 80 million euros, winning the MVP of the Premier League and the Champions League. Ruben Díaz transferred to Manchester City for 70 million euros, winning last season's Premier League Player of the Year. Maguire came to Manchester United with a transfer fee of 87.5 million euros for the world's first defender, and has not yet met his expectations for this value.
What level does Maguire really belong to? One position worse than Van Dyck and Ruben Díaz
What kind of player should Maguire belong to? He is very similar to Van Dijk, also tall, can play the ball, can compete for the top, and was originally in the small club to be a husband and wife, and then was introduced by the giants.
But Van Dijk's speed and turn are not available to Maguire, which also causes Maguire to take a century to turn around in the face of a breakthrough of the little fast, or when the opponent hits the back, which is also the most deadly. In addition, Maguire is also very flawed in judging the timing of the ball landing and grasping the timing of the foot, and cannot be compared with the same van Dijk and Ruben Díaz.
It wasn't until yesterday's match against Crystal Palace that United completed their first home clean sheet since April. Of course, this can not be blamed on Maguire alone, but as the first value of the defender, he should need to have the ability to command the defense, not only can command other players in the defensive line, but also in the backfield through observation to find out the loopholes in the opponent's defense, but at present, these Maguire lack too much,
Of course, with Maguire's ability, he can play in the Premier League or even any team in the world, but his ability is far from reaching the point where the defender is worth the first place.