Manchester United Treble winner Wes Brown feels Harry Maguire's spell on the sidelines has been good for him.

Maguire, 29, made his first appearance since April 19's loss to Liverpool at the weekend as United travelled to Brighton.

However, United suffered an embarrassing 4-0 defeat at the Amex.

Four-time Champions League winner Raphael Varane and Victor Lindelof were given the run around and just after the hour mark, Rangnick's switched to damage control.

Maguire came off the bench and United switched to a back three in order to avoid shipping more goals.

Speaking to The Sun in association with Bookmakers.com, Brown said: "Harry has put in some bad performances this year. But listen, everybody has.

"I think the last few games have done him a favour because you can see [without him] nothing has changed.

"He actually played very well when he came on against Brighton."

Brown continued: "When you're Man Utd captain you're going to get stick. When the results are what they are, you're going to get stick.

"Harry will go away in the summer and have a little break. He'll want to come back and prove everyone wrong with what has been said.

"To me, yes you can have a bad season, but it's how you bounce back.

"Next season will be massive for Maguire but I'm pretty sure he'll get back to his best."