{"id":1101429,"date":"2019-08-13T16:46:54","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T15:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1101429"},"modified":"2019-08-14T08:47:27","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T07:47:27","slug":"harry-maguire-man-utd-jonny-evans","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/harry-maguire-man-utd-jonny-evans\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Maguire is ‘tailor made’ for Man Utd success, says Jonny Evans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Manchester United defender\u00a0Jonny Evans believes Harry Maguire is ‘tailor made’ to succeed at Old Trafford and can emulate Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk.
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Evans and Maguire forged a formidable centre-back partnership at Leicester City last season before the Red Devils pounced for the England international earlier this month.<\/p>\n

Can Maguire emulate Van Dijk? Five things to know…<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  • Since signing for Liverpool in January 2018, Van Dijk has transformed the club’s defence.<\/li>\n
  • The Dutchman was imperious as Liverpool clinched a sixth European crown last campaign.<\/li>\n
  • Liverpool kept the most PL clean sheets (21) as Van Dijk won the Premier League Player of the Season award.<\/li>\n
  • Maguire (\u00a380m) overtook Van Dijk (\u00a375m) as the world’s most expensive defender last week.<\/li>\n
  • And Evans believes his ex-colleague possesses all the right characteristics to shine at Old Trafford.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    Maguire made his Man Utd debut on\u00a0Sunday as\u00a0Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side trounced Chelsea 4-0 in their Premier League curtain-raiser.<\/p>\n

    The result and performance drew rave reviews from fans and pundits alike, with Maguire keeping a first clean sheet, registering more interceptions than any player on the pitch (four) and not allowing a single Chelsea player to successfully dribble past him.<\/p>\n

    In the wake of his impressive start, Evans has now joined the bandwagon of praise for Maguire, going as far as to claim his game is very similar to that of Van Dijk.<\/p>\n

    He said<\/a>: “You can see comparisons in their games.<\/p>\n

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    “Both are great on the ball, and Harry has got explosive pace people don’t see. He is powerful and good in the air.<\/p>\n

    “Everyone will compare the transfer fees but it’s so difficult to judge transfer fees nowadays. We are all human and it is weird we get traded for money.<\/p>\n

    “In the transfer market it’s all supply and demand and things can go up and down at any moment. The most important thing is for him to be judged on how he plays.<\/p>\n

    “I don’t have any worries about him there. He is tailor-made for Manchester United, it was a great move for him.<\/p>\n

    “He’s a player they needed. He’s got a really likeable nature about him. He will be a real hit there, he is a fantastic player.”<\/p>\n