Manchester United hero Rio Ferdinand says it's unfair to compare Harry Maguire with Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk.

Ferdinand says Maguire should not be expected to carry too much of the burden at United.

“Inevitably he is going to be judged against someone like Virgil van Dijk because he has gone for more money," he told the Daily Express.

“He'll be judged against what he's done and they've now won the Champions League.

“But I think it's an unfair comparison because what Virgil came in to was a team that was closer to the top, closer to winning and a lot of the jigsaw was already pieced together."