Harry Maguire
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Yeah.
That's the first thing, like, when you start training with them, and the lads was amazing with me at Sheffield United.
When I started, I can remember some of the lads saying, where's he been, like?
You know, and that gives you that confidence straight away, and I'm thinking, how's he saying that about me, like...
And they're all going, where's he been?
Where's he been all season?
At the time, there was like six games to go in the season and we were bottom of the league in the championship.
So I got thrown in with them.
So they give you the great belief that the boys, I think it's so important that you get a good...
group of senior pros who helped youngsters along is so important Did you not go down that season?
So I started the first game of the season I scored the in the opening day away at Oldham and
Never forget that, really.
A header at the back post.
So I scored that day and then I just kicked home and played every game that season and got the player of the season.
I was 17, 18 years old.
I was making mistakes, but Danny Wilson was the manager and he just played me.
If I made a mistake, he just played me.
I think it helped me so much.
I mean, I look at some of the other centre-backs at Man United now, like Benny Yoro and Aidan Evans.
They're learning at Old Trafford.