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Ex-Man Utd captain Keane insists Maguire remains weak link

Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane says Harry Maguire remains the weak link.

For many, Maguire has been impressive for United this season.

But Keane told the Stick to Football podcast: "They aren't pressing up. I don't want to be just pinning it on [Harry] Maguire, but there's always that worry with Maguire coming up and squeezing the pitch, like all the other top teams are doing.

"There's that worry with him all the time – that's where there is gaps. They are frightened to death to come all the way up because they're thinking 'anything over the top, he'd be in trouble'.

"Manchester United haven't got the players to [press].

"[Bruno] Fernandes is not going to do it. Rashford won't do it. They might do it for five or ten minutes, so if you've got a team that's not going to press – we're talking about leopards and spots.

"Man United are never really going to be good at that pressing side of it."

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