‘Harry will be skipper until I go...’

HARRY MAGUIRE has been given no guarantees by Ralf Rangnick about carrying on as Manchester United captain beyond this season.

The interim United boss has dismissed claims that Maguire is involved in a dressing-room power struggle for the skipper’s armband with

Cristiano Ronaldo.

But Rangnick will move upstairs in an advisory capacity in the summer – and United’s next boss will then have a decision to make on whether £80million Maguire is the natural leader that the team needs going forward.

Rangnick said: “About the captaincy, we have a captain in Harry Maguire, and he will stay the captain until the end of the season for sure.

“What will happen in the next one, two, three and four years, I don’t know.

“For me, it’s not of any importance. For me it’s important what happens in the next three months.”

Maguire, 28, was made United captain by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer just over two years ago. Ronaldo’s return to Old Trafford was always going to bring issues about who was top dog. But Rangnick insists there is no friction.

Maguire, hurt by criticism levelled against him this season as his form dropped, cupped his ear after he scored for England against Albania at Wembley in November.

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United skipper

Roy Keane described that celebration as

“embarrassing.”