Harry Maguire has been the subject of a ‘blow’ this week but also a hell of a story from a Manchester United Twitter newcomer…
All news is bad news
Manchester United beat Nottingham Forest on Wednesday night, which means the back pages are adorned with pictures of the bloody lovely and really quite excellent footballer Marcus Rashford.
But positivity really doesn’t generate clicks so what’s the top story on the Mirror website on Thursday morning?
‘NO ROOM FOR HARRY: Martinez hails Lindelof as preferred Man Utd centre-back partners clear in Maguire blow’
Yes, the biggest story to emerge from Manchester United putting one foot in a major final with a goal from European football’s in-form striker is definitely that Lisandro Martinez likes playing with Lindelof and that means there is now ‘NO ROOM’ for a footballer who has played fewer Premier League minutes this season than Anthony Elanga.
Oh and he was suspended on Wednesday night. Though the Mirror were not the only ones left like pigs in muck by that realisation…
The pair were nowhere to be seen 👀https://t.co/wa8cPRMGHY
— 101 Great Goals (@101greatgoals) January 25, 2023
So what is this ‘Maguire blow’ if it’s not ‘being suspended from a game he might actually have started’?
‘Lisandro Martinez believes he forms a complimentary central defensive partnership with Victor Lindelof at Manchester United in the absence of Raphael Varane.’
That would be ‘complementary’. Because we absolutely know that a central defensive partnership between Martinez and Lindelof did not come for free. Indeed, every central defensive partnership at Manchester United cost, and this is a technical term, a f*** of a lot.
So what did Martinez say that was such a ‘Maguire blow’?
“I think we showed many good things, but still, we have a lot to improve. It’s a good result, I think we controlled the game today. In training, we [him and Lindelof] work with each other and I think we’re doing a really good job.”
That is indeed a massive punch in the nuts for Maguire. Maybe he needs to have another ‘private chat’ with Martinez.
X-men
Elsewhere on the same football homepage after Manchester United’s really quite impressive win…
‘Erik ten Hag responds to Antony and Bruno Fernandes rumours after furious X-rated row’ – He ‘responded’ on Tuesday to a ‘row’ over a week ago but why let that get in the way of some rampant opportunism?
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But let’s…
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