India, March 26 -- Harry Maguire praised Ruben Amorim's tenure at Manchester United. Despite Amorim being sacked in January after a poor 14-month spell, Maguire feels the Portuguese was key in building a solid squad. Amorim's stint saw United win only 24 of 63 games, and he faced constant criticism for his tactics.

Maguire defended Amorim, pointing out that he had 'good ideas' but they didn't 'work at Manchester United.' During his stint, Amorim averaged only 1.23 points per game, the lowest of any United manager in the Premier League era. The next worst is Ralf Rangnick's 1.54 points per game.

Speaking to The Mirror, he said, "I think Ruben was really good with me. I pretty much played every game under Ruben when I was fit. I don't rea...