Erik ten Hag insists he is happy that Harry Maguire turned down a £30million move to West Ham – but still hopes to keep veteran centre-back Jonny Evans at Manchester United this season.
Although United accepted West Ham’s offer for Maguire, the 30-year-old defender wasn’t able to agree personal terms that would have seem him take a pay-cut on his current £190,000-a-week wages.
Maguire is now set to remain at Old Trafford this season and compete for his place alongside Raphael Varane, Lisandro Martinez and Victor Lindelof, even though Ten Hag has demoted him to fourth-choice centre-back and stripped him of the captaincy.