Man United: Harry Maguire is 'NOT worth £70m' says pundit
Reports claimed Leicester have turned down Manchester United’s offer for Maguire.
The Foxes are said to want a fee that eclipses the £75m Liverpool paid Southampton for Virgil van Dijk, which remains the world's most expensive transfer for a defender.
Maguire has had a meteoric rise in recent seasons, from being relegated with Hull in 2016 to participating in a World Cup semi-final for England two years later.
United were keen on signing the 26-year-old last summer but the then-manager Jose Mourinho did not get his wish of signing a centre-back.
It appears they have made Maguire their No 1 target for the middle of defence in this window.
But Mariner says the England international is not the elite defender Manchester United are looking for.
“Is he worth that money? Of course he’s not,” he told ESPN FC.
“But the market’s crazy.
Paul Mariner says Harry Maguire is not worth the £70m Man Utd have offered for him (Image: ESPN/GETTY)
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Mariner says Harry Maguire is not an elite defender (Image: ESPN)
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“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.