I see your point there. But to say Maguire doesn’t belong in the Top 10 or even Top 20 list of CBs around the world is something that I don’t agree to.
There’s a reason why Manchester City wanted him at the CB position. Since Vincent Kompany has called it quits, City must have figured that Maguire would be the one carry on the baton of responsibility of guarding the backline.
But we all know Manchester City have an abundance of players who can contribute to the team in attack or in defense through the business that they’ve done in the recent past. Let’s not forget that they aren’t going through a “crisis” like their neighbours are.
Meanwhile Leicester City know that Manchester United or Manchester City, or even Liverpool for that matter would be the ultimate destination of any English born player, since there’s a rarity of those players in the Spanish, Italian, German league.
Yes Kevin Trippier did get transferred to Atleticio Madrid but it was for a meager amount of 25 million. As long as De Ligt is concerned, we all would have loved it to have him in out club. But if you look at the complete picture, De Ligt’s just 19 years of age, who captained Ajax in a league which is nowhere close to the popularity of the other leagues around the world. Yes he did make an impact in the UCL last season along with the rest of the players, but Juventus is far from being De Ligt’s “ultimate destination.”
He’s going to spend good years at Juve, he’s going to be in the radar of Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, and will eventually get bought for a higher price than Harry Magurie before he reaches 25. Especially, while considering his agent who goes by the name of Mino Riola.
67 million for De Ligt at 19 means close to a 100 million when he’s in his mid-twenties. So one has to say that it’s a smart business from Leicester’s point of view as they see Harry Maguire being in the Manchester United squad for a long time to come