Before the season began, it looked like Harry Maguire would be leaving Manchester United.

West Ham made a transfer offer that was accepted, and it looked like Maguire would be leaving soon. However, at the last minute, the deal fell through. And new information from games against Sheffield United and Copenhagen shows that Maguire staying at Old Trafford was best for everyone.

Maguire always has faith in himself, and in a recent interview, he talked about how many games he had won before Erik ten Hag.

Which was 77% at the time of the conversation.

No one knows if this had anything to do with Ten Hag’s choice to bring Maguire back to the team.An injury to Lisandro Martinez and bad form for Victor Lindelof may have made him do what he did.

Maguire has started to show that he can help United with their problems when it comes to building from the back in their last two games, both of which they won.

Here, we’ll talk about some of the most important technical issues related to Maguire’s return to the first team.

Keep your cool on the ball

When teams are building out from the back, there is a new trend in the top level of football where center defenders or even goalkeepers stop and put their foot on the ball. When Roberto De Zerbi was in charge of Brighton in the Premier League last season, this first happened. Now, most of the top teams do it too.

A player stopping the ball and stepping on it during the build-up phase is meant to get the other team’s attention and make them try to press the build-up.

When teams try to press in this way, they leave space between the player or players who are pushing and the next line of the defense. This space can be used. Players in the middle of the defense who can play in this way let the game grow around them.

Attackers and midfielders can lose their guard or move to areas where they can get the ball in space if they stay calm while they have it.

Maguire has the skills and confidence to make these passes well in these conditions, which is very important.

When playing out from the back for United, Maguire is the center-back who can make these passes and keep his cool the best.

Raphael Varane isn’t known for being good at playing from the back, and Lindelof isn’t good enough when the ball is in his hands.

People have said that Maguire makes mistakes when moving out from the back. This was before Andre Onana became United’s first passer from the back.

Maguire is likely to keep being the defender that United look to break the lines and build their attack now that he has played more minutes.

Taking out lines

Building out from the back is hard to do well if your central players aren’t sure of themselves when they have the ball.

It is known that Ten Hag likes to play out from the back, and in Maguire, he has a center defender who is good at keeping the ball.

Maguire’s skill with the ball can be very helpful for United if they have the right midfielders and wide players who know how to find space and receive the ball. When a team wants to play from the back and play through the other team’s press, having central defenders who aren’t used to making these kinds of passes can be a big problem.

When a center defender tries to make a line-breaking pass but loses the ball, the other team may be able to quickly switch the play.

United has had trouble in this area at times because Varane doesn’t feel as sure when he tries to make these line-breaking passes into the other team’s half. United needs to have a player who can break the lines well if they want to keep trying to build out from the back in this way.

It looks like Ten Hag is going to start trusting Maguire more in this job.

Getting the ball out

Maguire has long been known as a central defender who can get the ball and take it into the middle of the field by stepping out from behind the defense.

If you have a central defender who can do this, it can make things difficult for the other team’s defense because it can make the middle too full for the team that has the ball.

This can be a very useful tool if the player moving the ball into the middle of the field can also stay calm and play through the lines. This is something that can help teams win games, but no manager wants their central defenders to constantly move into the middle when the ball is in their hands.

Defenders only need to be brave enough to take a few steps forward to make a difference. They don’t have to go all the way into the middle of the field to make a difference.

Unfortunately, Varane isn’t totally at ease in this situation either. Because of this, Maguire’s presence on the United team is very helpful when they are trying to build their attack.

In order to play well, Ten Hag needs a center defender who can step up and be aggressive when they have the ball.

There’s no question that Maguire can be comfortable in this role, but Lindelof, Varane, or even Martinez might not be.

In conclusion

Ten Hag hasn’t really changed Maguire into a ball-playing center defender. Maguire has always been like this, and Ten Hag is starting to trust him more to be the main ball-runner.

It’s easier for a defense to move the ball out from the back now that the Dutchman has set up the team better.

Ten Hag has tried to put together a team that can control the ball, but he hasn’t been able to find a center defender who can move the ball forward. Maguire’s failed move to West Ham in the summer may have turned out to be a good thing after all.