Is it a Villarreal curse?
As reported by Manchester Evening News, Manchester United could be without their star centre-back Harry Maguire for a few weeks and most importantly he could miss United’s clash against Villarreal again.
Harry Maguire has been the backbone of Manchester United’s defence and has rarely missed games for the club. Last season, he played 52 games without getting injured but in the end, couldn’t take part in one of the most important games last season. Yes, it was the UEFA Europa League final and it was against Villarreal.
The same team faces Man United again and this time in the UEFA Champions League group stage match and interestingly Harry Maguire is again injured just before the match.
Ole Gunnar Solksjaer gave updates regarding Luke Shaw and Harry Maguire’s injury and had a rather mixed verdict.
“Luke has been in today, so I’ll give him a chance to be involved, he didn’t train with the team. Harry is more or less definitely out; it doesn’t look good. It is his calf; that might take a few weeks. Let’s see how quickly he recovers. He wanted to play against Villarreal; he missed the last game. We will have to make a few changes.”
It does mean that Harry Maguire will also be unavailable for some key clashes in the month of October and that includes games against Everton and Leicester City.
Only time will tell whether he will be able to get fit soon or miss more crucial games next month.
