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GRAEME SOUNESS: Harry Maguire has become a lightning rod for Man United's problems and failings

I certainly knew what getting stick looked and sounded like when I was player. I was part of a very successful team but the way I played — and the perception that I had been naughty on the pitch at times — got me flak.

When people are part of a gang or a crowd, they’re more likely to say something than they would if they were standing right in front of you, looking you in the eye. That’s never changed.

I knew nothing like the level of abuse Harry Maguire gets, though, and it astonishes me, even though it seems to be part of the world we now live in.