Saying I’ll Retain My England Spot When Maguire Returns Is Flattery – Mings

England defender, Tyrone Mings has come out to say that the criticism directed at Harry Kane after his quiet game against Croatia is noise. He recently revealed that the remarks are clearly irrelevant and should not be taken seriously.

According to him, Kane remains one of the best players in the world, and no one can stop thinking highly of him after one game.

Mings added that those saying he can still keep his place when Maguire returns are just flattering him because Harry is a fantastic defender.

His words, “Really irrelevant because I honestly think he is one of the best players in the world and I think so highly of him,”

“I also played against him in the second-to-last game of the season against Tottenham. Let me tell you, when he does drop in, you shouldn’t let him. That’s because when he turns and faces you up, he can pick out pretty much any pass he wants to.”

“So when he does drop in, it really isn’t easy for a centre-half to go with him because you are going into an area of the pitch you don’t really want to go into, and it then opens spaces behind you.”

“You see that we go in quite a few times on Sunday as well. I can’t speak highly enough on him as a player and captain, so the question marks around him are real background noise.”

On Maguire’s return, “It is a little bit bizarre bearing in mind how much credit in the bank Harry has got and what a fantastic defender he is,”

“At the same time there is absolutely competition for places and I think he’s somebody that I look up to in terms of a centre-back, and somebody that is so consistent with a lot of pressure on his shoulders being captain of Man Utd and being one of the main players for England.”

“He’s a person I take a lot of inspiration from. So to be mentioned in the same breath as him is a compliment in itself.”