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Why Man United paying £80m for a leader like Maguire is a good deal

Before his sacking last year, Jose Mourinho would often dismiss change at Manchester United as having come "too late" and their £80m signing of Harry Maguire on Monday will not have changed his opinion.

Maguire was one of the few defensive targets Mourinho and United's recruitment team agreed about last summer -- the Portuguese boss even made a personal plea after the 2018 World Cup -- but the club felt Leicester were asking for too much money and talks never got off the ground.

Fast forward 12 months and Maguire is finally a United player.