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England great Butcher: Man Utd defender Maguire a hero for youngsters

England great Terry Butcher is full of praise for Manchester United defender Harry Maguire for his performance at Euro 2020.

Butcher says Maguire has put defending back in vogue.

Former centre-back Butcher told The Sun: “I was talking to someone and they were saying youngsters will now want to be a Maguire, a Shaw, a John Stones, a Kyle Walker or a Kieran Trippier.

“I just think, 'Wow', that's really positive compared to everyone wanting to be a striker — a Harry Kane.

“We've moved on a long way from when nobody wanted to be a defender.

“As a kid, others were already strikers so you had to go and play centre-back.

“People didn't want to do that, but not now — it's all changed and that gives me a lot of pride."

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