Harry Maguire on Manchester United captaincy, World Cup heart-break and turning down Pep
The Overlap
The Overlap
4.3 • 571 Ratings
🗓️ 27 July 2021
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Joining Gary on the third episode of The Overlap, is Manchester United Captain Harry Maguire.
Harry talks about what it was like breaking through at Sheffield United, and which defenders inspired him as a kid.
We reflect on England, talking about the experience of Russia in 2018, and the heart-breaking loss against Croatia. He even reveals why he turned up to the England squad with bin bags!
We find out why Harry chose United over City, and then what it’s been like becoming Captain of Manchester United.
Gary also gives him a special handwritten letter from Sir Alex Ferguson, before getting stuck into a putting challenge!
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone and welcome to episode three of the Overlap podcast with me Gary Neville and the Manchester United Captain Harry Maguire |
| 0:06.8 | brought to you exclusively by Skybet give it a subscribe a review a share only if you like |
| 0:12.9 | So Harry if you're not aware I was once sacked by Valencia. Yeah, didn't realize that I used to be |
| 0:18.8 | annoyed by pundits when I was playing. |
| 0:22.5 | Does it annoy players in the dressing room? |
| 0:23.4 | Yeah, I think it does. |
| 0:35.3 | You play for one of the biggest clubs in the world. There's going to be a million people. Don't rate you as a football. It's all about opinions. The first call up for England. Yeah, a phone call from Gareth, and you get added to the England WhatsApp group. What happens when you're out of the squad? |
| 0:37.5 | It's like Maguire's left, is it? |
| 0:38.3 | It should be a good memory to reject World Cup semi-final, but I can't watch it back because it makes me feel disappointed. But why did you turn up with your stuff in bin bags? Jamie Vaudey's a big part to play in that. Are we going, or are we going? Oh, we're going, no, we're going, we're going. We just give us two minutes! Sorry about this! |
| 1:00.0 | On this episode of The Overlap, I sat down with the captain of Manchester United. |
| 1:03.0 | Harry McGuire has had a remarkable rise through football, from getting relegated with Sheffield United and Hull, |
| 1:06.0 | to becoming the world's most expensive defender all in the space of just 10 years. |
| 1:11.6 | We spoke about his early setbacks, the pressures of social media, England and captain in Manchester United. |
| 1:22.6 | Hi Harry, welcome to the overlap. We always start at the very beginning. Just talk to us about your young years, your childhood. Yeah, obviously my family is a big football family. Two brothers, always kicking each other in the garden. That's where probably my first memories of football came. And then playing for Brumsmia, the Sunday League team. From there I went to Barnsley, where there was going in administration, I think, at the time. So I ended up going to Sheffield United |
| 1:44.2 | and obviously come through there, |
| 1:46.2 | build my way up and keep moving up the ladder |
| 1:48.6 | and coming from the bottom to being the captain of Manchester United, |
| 1:51.6 | which is a proud moment. |
| 1:53.7 | How do you reflect on that journey? |
| 1:55.1 | You go from Sheffield United, where you get relegated, |
| 1:58.8 | to the position you're in now as Manchester United Captain? |
| 2:01.6 | It's an hard one to take in. I think I'll probably think about it a lot more when I've finished at the moment with the schedule and the games. |
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