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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on Harry Maguire: 'He Can Be a Long-Term Captain'

Bleacher Report | November 11, 2019

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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has tipped summer signing Harry Maguire to be a future full-time captain of Manchester United.

The centre-back skippered the Red Devils in the absence of Ashley Young on Sunday as United beat Brighton & Hove Albion 3-1 at Old Trafford in one of their best performances of the season:

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Maguire, 26, was only making his 12th league appearance for the Manchester giants, but Solskjaer said afterwards he believes the Englishman could eventually take the armband full time, per Ryan Benson of Goal: "Harry has come in and been excellent in the dressing room and on the pitch.

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