United are negotiating a pay off with Maguire for the last 2 years of his contract given there is a significant gap in what west ham have offfered in terms of wages and his current United contract.
Maguire | he stays!
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United are negotiating a pay off with Maguire for the last 2 years of his contract given there is a significant gap in what west ham have offfered in terms of wages and his current United contract.
Because he's apparently a determined athlete. Regular playing time is more of a precursor to overall career earnings, than not playing.
Not sure it helps that ETH says things like he's in contention for Monday and has previously said he has a role at the club. Maybe Maguire does think he has an outside chance of his forcing his way back into the team, particularly if Varane gets injured.
Be a big issue if he sat in that press conference and said something along the lines of,
“No, we have a process and he is not part of the process aye, he is a good player but he is not wanted here and the sooner he leaves the better.”
Imagine the media storm that would cause. Maybe behind closed doors he’s been told he is 5th choice and it would be best for his career and England hopes if he moves on, as unless injuries befall the other CB’s his minutes will be limited.
Can’t speak for him but I’d imagine most people fortunate enough to get paid to play football would want to do just that and play football.
Absolutely shameless if true. Let him rot in the reserves for all I care.
If he doesn’t care about playing for Engurland then so be it. He can be our Winston Bogarde.
Understand the frustration. But the alternative is he finds a way to feature and stay longer if this doesn’t get resolved soon.
Akin to cutting our losses, let’s sink another 5m on this debacle and get him on his way. I just couldn’t bear this mistake-prone player featuring in a United match again.
Rumour that Villa are in for him.
Bidding War 
Considering he barely played last season and was a walking disaster when did play. I cant see him featuring for us ever again.
Luke Shaw, who had never played CB before last season, was ahead of him in the pecking order and was levels above him in terms of performance.
The fact he wants us to pay him to play for a rival PL club ruins any good will he had from United fans.
I can see him being massively boo’d if he ever plays at OT again.
Do they have an established captain?
I can see the press release now.
One of the oldest sporting institutions - a household name synonymous with success - has finally been sold.
He leaves having captained United to EFL Cup glory earlier this year.
We also sold the club.
Fair point, but he could fudge it along the lines of 'Harry's future is still being decided, we've accepted West Ham's bid etc...'
I'm sure he wants to play, but depends how big a pay cut he's potentially being asked to take I guess.
Real lost a CB to ACL so we can send them Henderson and Harold too. Double deal, good price.
We seriously fecked up in both the transfer fee and salary we paid to Maguire. It's caused us a ton of problems to get rid. I think we just have to pay it and get a fresh start.
"Glazers will remain minority stakeholders"
Is Mings crocked then? Excellent news for us if this is true because they are acting out of desperation.
It's so ridiculous to see and why I have to practice discernment when engaging on certain players. Some blatant negative agenda posts at times.
We will see tomorrow if “everything is agreed”. If it is, we can’t risk injury, so he should be out of the match day squad
Harsh, he signed a contract with us where we guaranteed him £X for a set period. He’s not wrong to want to hold us to it, as annoying as it is.
It should either be 30m with no payoff, and Maguire can seek his cover from West Ham, or 35m and a pay off.
30m AND a payoff isn't that great is it?
30m AND a payoff isn't that great is it?
Anything above zero (after payoff) is already good
£30m transfer fee and saving ~£20m in wages over the last two years of his deal. Minus what was reported as ~£6m payment to him.
We're still £44m better off.
I think you are being very optimistic there. I’m no accountant but his fee was amortised over 6 years, so he costs 13.3m per year on the books. So say £26m still to pay, if you add the £6m pound payoff that puts the club at minus £2m on the books over the next two years with him gone. You could say they are saving £14m in wages if he were to stay (which I think he will).
The amoritization is for bookkeeping purposes only, he carries a charge of 26M for FFP purposes but the full fee has already long since been paid.
Why is it shameless? This is standard practice in football
Hence why I said “on the books”. It doesn’t really matter whether it has been paid or is in instalments anyway, all that matters is FFP. If that wasn’t the case we wouldn’t be waiting to sell to go for Pavard/Todibo.
Properly bizarre the way some here are taking one mans career decision personally.
The way Villa played yesterday, with the high line, he is last person they need as cover
Hilarious read the last 2 pages 
The joy !
Did they not just sign a LCB this summer in Pau Torres?
Keep my CB's name out of your (negative) posts. The guy is world class and is worth at least £50m.
No we're not - his replacement will cost a similar amount
Yes but his replacement might be good.
Good and younger, so we get more years from him to spread the fee alongside a greater chance of recouping a higher percentage of money when it’s time to sell.
"Ten Hag: For Maguire, he has to fight for a place in the team. He has the potential to become a world-class defender, he is the best defender for England, so why not be the best with us? But he has to prove it"
Telegraph saying West Ham are confident
Erik ten Hag says Harry Maguire would be better off leaving Manchester United if he is not confident enough to battle for a first-team spot.
The United boss is adamant he thinks Maguire can be an important part of his plans.
However, after Ten Hag took the captaincy off the 30-year-old, United then accepted a £30m bid from West Ham for him.
"He has the ability to be a top-class centre-back," said Ten Hag.
"He is the best for England so why shouldn't he be the best for us?
"But he has to prove it. When he is not confident enough to fight then he has to go, then he has to make a decision. But I'm happy with him."
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66491431
The United boss is adamant he thinks Maguire can be an important part of his plans.
However, after Ten Hag took the captaincy off the 30-year-old, United then accepted a £30m bid from West Ham for him.
"He has the ability to be a top-class centre-back," said Ten Hag.
"He is the best for England so why shouldn't he be the best for us?
"But he has to prove it. When he is not confident enough to fight then he has to go, then he has to make a decision. But I'm happy with him."
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66491431