By Kolawole Kayode
Manchester United head coach, Erik Ten Hag has confirmed his decision to drop Harry Maguire as the club captain.
Taking to his official social media handle, Maguire confirmed the development and reiterated his commitment to support whoever emerges the new captain
In his word, “After discussions with the manager today he has informed me he is changing captain. He outlined his reasons to me and whilst I’m personally extremely disappointed, I will continue to give my all every time I wear the shirt.
So I wanted to say a massive thank you to the Manchester United fans for all their brilliant support whilst I’ve been wearing the armband.
Since the day I took on the role, three and half years ago, it’s been a huge privilege to lead Manchester United and one of the proudest moments of my career to date. It’s one of the greatest honours in club football. I’ve done everything I possibly could to help United be successful – on and off the field.
I will always be grateful to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer for first giving me the responsibility and I wish whoever now takes it on every success and they will have my full support”.
Rumour has it that Bruno Fernandez remain the likely candidate to emerge as the club captain following his good run of form last season where he captained the club in many of those matches.