Brown claims Rangnick has ‘done Maguire a favour’ and tips Man Utd captain to ‘bounce back’

Former defender Wes Brown reckons Harry Maguire will benefit from being dropped from the Man Utd team by interim boss Ralf Rangnick.

The Red Devils captain has come in for a huge amount of criticism this campaign after a number of poor performances in the centre of their defence.

Man Utd are currently sixth in the Premier League table, missing out on the Champions League and risk dropping to seventh or eighth if results don’t go their way.

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Maguire has often taken responsibility for the team’s bad performances this campaign and former Man Utd defender Brown reckons being dropped for their last four matches could’ve “done him a favour”.

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Speaking to The Sun, 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.”

He was linked with a swap move to Barcelona over the last month but the likelihood is that Maguire will remain at Man Utd under new boss Erik ten Hag next season.

Brown added: “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