“I am good enough to play everything, in my team and in my national team”

Harry Maguire said not to win eurocup next year will be “a failure” for England after his progress in recent major tournaments. the captain of Manchester UtdMaguire, who has made 54 appearances for United, has been a mainstay in England’s defense under Gareth Southgate and started every World Cup game in Qatar, where they were knocked out in the quarter-finals by France. .

Maguire, who was also part of the teams that reached the Euro 2020 final and 2018 World Cup semifinals, called winning Euro 2024 in Germany the only measure of success.

“I think we have the players to win,” Maguire, 30, told British media. “I have the mentality that, ‘If we don’t win the tournament, it’s going to be a flop.’ I’ve been to three major tournaments now and I’ve been close.”

England kicked off their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign with a 2-1 win over reigning champions Italy on Thursday. They face Ukraine at Wembley on Sunday. “Obviously we have to qualify first from a tough group, we came to Italy and we had an incredible result,” added Maguire. “We are in a good place. But these big tournaments are decided by the smallest of margins. I think we played a good World Cup and in the end were knocked out by a good France team.” “It’s something we’re working on… We have so much talent and so many young players.”

Maguire has played just 11 Premier League games this season after falling out of favor at United, with Lisandro Martinez and Raphael Varane favored as central defenders by manager Erik ten Hag, but says he has nothing to prove. “I want to play every game for my club and my country. I feel I’m good enough to play at the highest level and I’ve shown that in the last five or six years,” Maguire said. “Last season was difficult, but I proved my worth to Gareth, I did more than 50 caps… I feel that I really shouldn’t need to prove myself at this level,” he said.