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Harry Maguire to Man Utd ‘will happen’ as former team-mate gives insight on transfer
HARRY MAGUIRE will end up joining Manchester United and will be worth every penny of the transfer fee, claims his former Hull team-mate Michael Dawson.
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Maguire is Manchester United’s priority centre-back target this summer.
Leicester want a world-record transfer fee for a defender for the 26-year-old of £80million.
United are so far yet to match the asking price, after having a £70m bid turned down.
But Dawson, who played alongside Maguire at Hull, thinks a deal will happen and says the England man is valued correctly.
The figure that is being banded is incredible but rightly so after the few years he’s had
“You’re thinking it will happen now because of the figures that are being banded around, you’re going to wonder how Leicester can turn that down,” Dawson told Sky Sports News.
“And one thing I would like to say is you’ve seen him play in all of the pre-season friendlies.
“You’ve seen some players trying to force moves by refusing to play.
“That’s one thing Harry has not done.
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“He’s one of those characters, keeps his head down and works.
“When it does happen, which I do believe it will, because of the kind of figures and how can you stop a player like Harry, what he’s done for them, to go and play for a team like Manchester United, [it’s] a massive, massive football club.
“The figure that is being banded is incredible but rightly so after the few years he’s had at Leicester and obviously the World Cup he had last year.”
Dawson said he knew Maguire’s quality as soon as he arrived at Hull in 2014.
“From day one in training you could see what he’s all about,” he added.
“Bringing the ball out, his distribution was top class.
“He had to be patient at Hull and then the last year in the Premier League, where Hull City got relegated, he was outstanding.
“He was the main reason that we had an opportunity to probably stay up towards the end of the season with the way he played.
“The confidence that he bred into the team started with his distribution.”