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David Moyes is reportedly set to revive his attempts to sign Manchester United defender Harry Maguire.
West Ham came close to signing the 31-year-old defender last summer, having completed a £30million deal with the London club to sign the England defender.
That move never materialized as the centre-back, who was stripped of the captaincy last season, was chasing a £7million payout from the Hammers to leave the club.
Reports from The sun are now claiming that Moyes plans to continue his attempts to sign the defender this summer, with the outlet writing that West Ham ‘could make an offer of between £15 and £20 million’.
Maguire is out of contract at Old Trafford in June 2025 and The Sun claim Moyes is ‘keen to bring in a defender who can win headers’ and ‘offer him a two or three year contract’.
West Ham are set to revive their attempts to sign Man United defender Harry Maguire
David Moyes’ side could demand a ‘cut’ for the centre-back after talks to sign him for £30million collapsed last summer
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That would be a lucrative deal for the defender, who has been ruled out of the last three games due to injury.
Erik ten Hag hinted that Maguire, who joined the club in 2019 for a record fee of £85million, could return for Sunday’s FA Cup match against rivals Liverpool.
“We had a good week,” said the Dutch manager. ‘The players you mention (Rasmus Hojlund, Maguire and Aaron Wan-Bissaka) partially returned to the pitch at the start of the week and had a session (on Friday) and are all training.
‘We have to see how they recover from this, but it looks good. I think (they will be fit to play).”
Maguire, who has endured a difficult few seasons at United due to a lack of playing time, has made 23 appearances for the Red Devils so far this season, scoring in their 2-1 defeat to Fulham in February.
The defender, who had struggled to break into the Ten Hag squad last season, had come close to a move to the Hammers this summer but talks broke down after the Europa Conference League champions were forced to wait for an agreement from had grown tired of the former Leicester defender. conditions for leaving the club.
Maguire had fallen out of Erik ten Hag’s favor last season due to a drop in form, having only started eight times for United
The 31-year-old could return to action against Liverpool on Sunday after missing United’s last three games due to injury
Ten Hag had valued him as an important member of his squad, despite stripping United of the 31-year-old captain and instead handing the armband to Bruno Fernandes.
The Dutchman then claimed that Maguire would benefit from losing the captaincy, with the defender going on to enjoy a much better season at United, having made just eight starts for United in the 2022/2023 season after falling out of favor fallen.
West Ham, who already have Konstantinos Mavropanos, Kurt Zouma, Angelo Ogbonna and Nayef Aguerd in the same position, will hope Maguire’s asking price has dropped this summer.
