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United Briefing: Ole's call for leaders

Our skipper suffered ankle ligament damage against Aston Villa last Sunday and was forced to watch the Reds' back-to-back Old Trafford defeats to Leicester City and Liverpool this week in the Sir Bobby Charlton stand on crutches and wearing a protective boot.

United conceded six goals in those 180 minutes without Maguire. The Reds now face Fulham next Tuesday at home in front of 10,000 fans for the first time in 14 months because of the pandemic, and finish the Premier League campaign at Molineux against Wolves on 23 May.

Three days later is the massive Europa League final against Villarreal in Gdansk, and the boss needs his defenders to get back to keeping clean sheets in the league ahead of the big finale which Maguire is battling to be fit for.