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Pallister: Maguire the type of centre-back Man Utd needed

Manchester United hero Gary Pallister is full of praise for captain Harry Maguire.

United captain didn't miss a single minute of his maiden league campaign at Old Trafford and became the first outfield player to achieve such an accolade since Pallister in the 1994/95 season.

“I think he's terrific," Palister said during the latest episode of MUTV Group Chat.

“I think he's rightly got the captaincy; he's one of the talkers.

“He's not the type of leader that Bryan Robson, Steve Bruce and Roy Keane were, but I think he's got an assurance about him that the players respond to.

“I think, for his first season, he's been terrific. He's comfortable on the ball, you saw it on Sunday [at Leicester City], getting his head to things when the balls are chucked into the box. He's dominant there and he's exactly the type of centre-back that Manchester United needed."

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