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Harry Maguire continues to be on the outside looking in under Ralf Rangnick at Man United... the defender faces an uphill battle to regain his status as the club's leader with his German boss in no rush to bring him back

While discussing Harry Maguire’s status as Manchester United captain, there was a comment from Ralf Rangnick that, a few days on, looks potentially a little more significant than it appeared at the time.

‘Right now, I don’t see a reason to do that, because Harry has been the captain so far and as long as Harry is playing, he will be the captain,’ he said last week when asked if the armband would be handed to Cristiano Ronaldo. ‘If he’s not playing, then someone else will have to be the captain.