Manchester United academy head Nick Cox insists Harry Maguire's speech to the club's youth-teamers ahead of their FA Youth Cup semi-final win over Wolves was not a 'gimmick'.
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Paul Merson has launched a surprising defence of Harry Maguire and told Manchester United how to get the best from their struggling £80million captain.
Despite signing World Cup winner Raphael Varane from Real Madrid last summer, United have been exposed at the back this season and Maguire has come in for heavy criticism.
Many believed Maguire was at fault for goals against Burnley and Southampton and there's been focus on his on-field performances, amid rumours of some kind of power divide between him and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Maguire and interim manager Ralf Rangnick have rubbished those claims during the build-up to Leeds, as has Marcus Rashford.
But the 28-year-old England international has been defended by Merson as the ex-Arsenal man moves to pinpoint the root of those problems.
Speaking to Soccer Saturday on Sky Sports, the pundit said: "I said it from day one. I thought it would be a struggle for him playing on the halfway line. He isn't blessed with a lorry load of pace. But at the end of the day, Maguire still needs protection.
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"I don't care who you are as a centre-half. Their holding midfield players don't sit. They're all over the place.
"If you're a holding midfield player, you sit in front and protect the back four. I don't care if you're the best centre-half in the world, if you keep getting run at and there is loads of space down the channels, you're going to have a hard time and I feel sorry for Harry Maguire.
"I don't think they play to his strengths and the players on the pitch are letting him down. He needs protection."
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