{"id":474917,"date":"2025-10-05T02:46:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T02:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/474917\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T02:46:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T02:46:07","slug":"harry-maguire-may-make-surprise-transfer-after-manchester-united-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/474917\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Maguire may make surprise transfer after Manchester United decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Harry Maguire is out of contract at Manchester United at the end of the season and the Red Devils are unlikely to offer the England defender a new deal to keep him at Old Trafford<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759632367_179_1_Brentford-v-Manchester-United-Premier-League.jpg\" alt=\"Manchester United defender Harry Maguire\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>(Image: Ash Donelon, Manchester United via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailystar\">Harry Maguire could be <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/man-utd-transfers-harry-maguire-36013940\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">set for a surprising switch to the Saudi Pro League.<\/a> The <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/latest\/manchester-united-fc\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester United<\/a> defender&#8217;s contract expires in June, and he has caught the attention of Saudi clubs Al-Nassr and Al-Ettifaq.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailystar\">The England centre-back will be free to negotiate with other clubs when we hit January 1. If he leaves United on a free transfer next summer, Maguire could demand substantial wages should he opt to join the Pro-League.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailystar\">Last season, United activated a 12-month extension in Maguire&#8217;s contract, a situation he discussed in August. Speaking to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/harry-maguire-issues-update-manchester-32318405\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">the Manchester Evening News,<\/a> he said: &#8220;Last year, the clause was in their hands, so there was no option for me there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailystar\">&#8220;There was no talking. It was just that they activated it, and it got extended. This year, obviously I&#8217;m up at the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailystar\">&#8220;I&#8217;m pretty sure the club have made it aware this summer that I can&#8217;t leave the club on any terms with other clubs enquiring about my things and my position with my contract.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/sport\/football\/real-madrid-premier-league-transfers-36014115\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"36014115\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Real Madrid plot \u00a3130m mega-money summer transfer for Premier League star<\/a>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/sport\/football\/jamie-redknapp-apologises-live-tv-36014075\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"36014075\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jamie Redknapp apologises on live TV after he was threatened to be sued by Alan Sugar<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailystar\">&#8220;I&#8217;m sure over the next few months they&#8217;ll sit down and we&#8217;ll have to have a conversation about where we want to go and if they want to extend, or obviously the transfer window will open again in January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailystar\">&#8220;Obviously, I have something in my mind about what I want to do and what I want to be.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailystar\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t want to put it out there to everybody, but it&#8217;s an amazing club to play for and you&#8217;d be silly if you wanted to jump out of it as soon as you could.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailystar\">However, it&#8217;s believed that United bosses are unlikely to offer Maguire a new contract this summer to keep him at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailystar\">Maguire, who turns 33 in March, might be tempted to capitalise on what could be the final lucrative move of his career. A potential switch to Al-Nassr would reunite him with former United colleague <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/latest\/cristiano-ronaldo\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Cristiano Ronaldo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailystar\">The central defender has earned 64 England caps and hopes to be included in Thomas Tuchel&#8217;s squad for the next <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/latest\/world-cup\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">World Cup<\/a>. However, after being omitted from this week&#8217;s squad by the Three Lions manager, it seems increasingly doubtful that Maguire will participate in a third World Cup finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harry Maguire is out of contract at Manchester United at the end of the season and the Red&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,4116,393,4884,175,2465,423,100,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-474917","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-cristiano-ronaldo","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-harry-maguire","13":"tag-manchester","14":"tag-manchester-united-fc","15":"tag-transfer-news","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115319274520559809","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}