Reports indicate Manchester United captain, Maguire, may leave for West Ham

West Ham has announced plans to sign Manchester United captain, Harry Maguire.

The 30-year-old England defender has an uncertain future at Old Trafford, as Raphael Varane and Lisandro Martinez have emerged as Erik ten Hag’s first-choice centre-backs.

United also need to sell players to boost Ten Hag’s chances of reshaping his squad in the current transfer window as he closes in on Inter Milan goalkeeper Andre Onana.

The BBC reports that Maguire’s contract runs to 2025.

The centre-back arrived at United from Leicester City for £80 million in 2019, but is known to be among the players Ten Hag would now sell if a suitable offer came in.

Maguire is mindful of needing to play regularly next season before Euro 2024 in Germany next summer, but it is not known if he has decided he must leave Old Trafford to achieve that.

West Ham manager, David Moyes, is keen to make additions to his squad following the sale of skipper Declan Rice, which could generate £105m.

Moyes is interested in Ajax’s Mexican midfielder, Edson Alvarez, as a possible replacement for Rice, but Maguire would be a useful addition at the back, where both members of West Ham’s first-choice pairing – Kurt Zouma and Nayed Aguerd – suffered injury issues last season.

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