EXCLUSIVE: David Moyes was keen to sign Harry Maguire back in 2013
David Moyes is set to bring Harry Maguire to West Ham after initially being drawn to the defender a decade ago.with Manchester United on Wednesday and are confident of quickly wrapping up the deal with personal terms not believed to be an issue.United will take a substantial hit on the defender who signed for a whopping £80m from Leicester City in 2019.
But after having slipped down the pecking order under boss Erik ten Hag, the former United captain looks set to link up with Moyes who revealed Maguire had been on his radar since discovering the England star back in 2013. Moyes admitted his interest in a young Maguire but an embarrassment of riches in central defence prevented him bringing the defender to Old Trafford shortly after succeeding Sir Alex Ferguson.
“We didn’t try and sign him but we flagged him up because at that time I was very aware of all the players in the world leagues and made a good career out of bringing them to Everton,” Moyes told talkSPORT in 2019.
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