{"id":1259445,"date":"2022-04-28T09:45:52","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T08:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1259445"},"modified":"2022-04-28T09:45:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T08:45:52","slug":"harry-maguire-man-utd-captaincy-ralf-rangnick","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/harry-maguire-man-utd-captaincy-ralf-rangnick\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt doesn’t make sense\u201d \u2014 Ralf Rangnick plunges Harry Maguire\u2019s Man Utd captaincy into doubt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Current Manchester United interim manager Ralf Rangnick has cast uncertainty over Harry Maguire’s captaincy at the club.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 29-year-old has been under increasing pressure this season following a string of below-average performances in a chaotic campaign for the club.<\/p>\n

As a result Maguire’s armband has been thoroughly scrutinised, particularly as some have questioned his position in the starting XI.<\/p>\n

Football’s most expensive defender succeeded Ashley Young as Man Utd skipper in January 2020 following the repurposed full-back’s transfer to Inter Milan.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

However, Rangnick, who will step down at the end of this current campaign for Erik Ten Hag, has now plunged Maguire’s future captaincy status into major doubt.<\/p>\n

When asked whether he would recommend Maguire for the armband to Ten Hag, Rangnick responded: \u201cI understand your question but again it doesn\u2019t make sense because we don\u2019t know what kind of players will be here, what the group will look like.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can only tell you what I have done in the past when I was head coach or manager because in Germany it\u2019s called \u2018Mannschaftskapitan\u2019 \u2014 the captain of the team.<\/p>\n

\u201cI strongly believe the captain should be elected by the team because he\u2019s called the team manager and we always did that, we always had a board of four or five players.<\/p>\n