'Harry Maguire will stay our captain' - Manchester United boss Ralf Rangnick denies 'nonsense' Cristiano Ronaldo rumours

Ralf Rangnick says he has never considered stripping Harry Maguire of the Manchester United captaincy. The Red Devils boss has had to contend with multiple reports in the last week suggesting a leadership rift in the camp between Maguire and Cristiano Ronaldo. Ad/> Both Maguire and Marcus Rashford responded to the newspapers in question with social media denials, and talking ahead of his side's trip to Leeds on Sunday, Rangnick has once more thrown his support behind the embattled Maguire.

Premier League‘We’re united and focused’ — Maguire denies reports of Ronaldo captaincy power struggle4 HOURS AGO Rangnick said: «I must say this is absolute nonsense. »I have never spoken with any player about a possible change of captaincy, Harry was fully aware of that, so was Cristiano and the other players. This has never been an issue for me.

«It's me who decides who's the captain and therefore there is no reason for me to speak about that with another person. /> »Harry is our captain and he will stay our captain until the end of the season and there is nothing else to add on to that. «I'm not frustrated at all because I know it's not true.

I told you about Harry being the captain, it's not an issue at all, it's never been an issue for us or myself as manager. »All the other things, to be honest, I don't listen to that noise that much because my full focus is on preparing the team for the next training [session], for the next game. Rashford accuses journalist of 'making up stories' about player divide PSG plan to pair Ronaldo with Messi in French capital – Paper Round «Obviously, I have heard about what was written.