OPinions change like the weather on here based from one performance to the next. I thought he was decent yeserday but not superb. Was amixture of his good England form but there were a few moments of misplaced passes, dawdling on the ball and poor positioning like his club form last season.
His England games are totally irrelevant anyway, it is how he plays for us. Always thought he is a decent defender that we paid an elite defender price for when there were better options.
Thought with the right partner he would be a decent player for us and Varane would be that player, but it hasnt happened yet. That isnt all Maguires fault though, Varane was injured a lot of the time and his first season was ery patchy when he played too.
His performances last season were genereally atrocious, he is a better player than that, is he a top top defender though, never has been. We still massively need a new centre back signing, both to cover his form and maybe top level as well as the possilble injury problems of Varane.
Lindelof as a third choice centre back that will get a lot of games isnt goodd enough. We need somebody to challenge Varane and Maguire as a starting centre back (which shouldnt be that difficult due the aforementioned, pushing Lindelof down to 4th choice where Bailly was)