England manager, Gareth Southgate has come out to blast the ridiculous treatment of Harry Maguire by fans vs Scotland. He recently had his say despite him scoring an own goal against Scotland on Tuesday, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, he has never seen a player treated in such manner by his own fans, and it is sad because Maguire has been an absolute stalwart for the national team.
Southgate added that he is very happy with the win vs Scotland, and Harry was a big part of it.
His words, “From a Scotland fan’s point of view I get it. I have absolutely no complaints with what they did. It is a consequence of the ridiculous treatment of him for a long period of time, frankly, and I think our fans recognised, ‘ok there might be a bit of heat from our own supporters but we are not going to have it from others getting into him.’ But it is a joke. I have never known a player to be treated the way he is. Not from the Scottish fans – by our own commentators, pundits, whatever it is, they have created something that is beyond anything I have ever seen.”
“He has been an absolute stalwart for us in the second most successful English team for decades, he has been an absolutely key part of that. I have talked about the importance of our senior players, he has been crucial amongst that and every time he goes on the field the resilience he shows, the balls he shows is absolutely incredible so he is a top player and we are all with him. Our fans were brilliant with him tonight. I feel fairly strongly about it.”
“He is good, he is great, we have had a good win and he was a big part of that. He has fronted up as he always does which is enormous credit to his character.”
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