Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand has called into question club captain Harry Maguire.

England international Maguire was dropped to the bench for Saturday's draw with Watford.

And the six-time Premier League winner Ferdinand has questioned whether Maguire possesses the pace to compete at the top level.

"I think there can be improvements. I think Lindelof is a good player, a solid player. Is he gonna enable you to win the league? I don't know," Ferdinand began on his YouTube show, Vibe with Five.

"Is Maguire gonna enable you to win the league, that's the question as well. Because the thing about someone like Ralf and all the top teams now, when they play now, they play on the front foot and are aggressive and wanna win the ball high.

"So, therefore, you need defenders who can defend on the halfway line, one-v-one, two-v-two - or three against two if you need that security.

"If you can play two-v-two one-v-one or on the halfway line, that enables you to have more bodies in the opponent's half of the pitch, hence why teams do that to win the ball early and be closer to the opposition's goal to score goals.

" Liverpool do it tremendously well, City do it really, really well as well, Bayern [Munich] do it; three of the best teams on the planet. Everyone's going that way of playing football, Ralf Rangnick's style of football is like that.

"Can Maguire do that, can you do that with Maguire? That's my problem, that's my issue."