tomaldinho1
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Why would you not be ok with keeping them in the squad? Maguire didn't throw his toys out of the pram, he ended up not leaving as we basically pay him too much. So ETH was clearly open to selling him but was very open about him being a good player and how he should fight for his place. Seems to be a contrast to this situation where Varane has apparently not taken being dropped well at all.Obviously it's true. You dont strip the captaincy from a player you expect to keep in the squad and then later rely on as first choice
If he planned to keep Maguire in the first team set up, why take captaincy off him in the first place? He's orders of magnitude better captaincy material than Bruno if both are on the pitch.
Also ETH is clearly heavily involved in all the coaching sessions, he's the one deciding how much fitness and conditioning work to do. And it's either far too much or far too little.
He took the captaincy off him because he wasn't playing, very simple.
Not sure you understand how any professional football club works if you think a manager is creating fitness and conditioning plans.