Manchester United defender Harry Maguire has been linked with a move away from the club at the end of the season.
The 30-year-old defender has fallen down the pecking order at Old Trafford and he needs to leave in order to play regularly.
The England international started just 8 matches in the league this past season and he needs to play more often at this stage of his career.
The player has been linked with clubs like Tottenham and Aston Villa recently and former Premier League star Stan Collymore believes that the defender should look to join Aston Villa this summer.
Collymore believes that Aston Villa are currently a more stable project under Unai Emery and Maguire would thrive at the West Midlands club because of the feel-good factor there.
Villa have done extremely well under Unai Emery this past season and they have secured European football for the next season.
On the other hand, Tottenham might be going through a bit of a rebuild and they have brought in a new manager in recent weeks.
Collymore believes that if things do not go according to plan for Ange Postecoglou from the start, the atmosphere at Tottenham could become toxic and Maguire should look to avoid joining the north London club because of that.
“Unai Emery is a bit more of an experienced coach at the top level,” Collymore told CaughtOffside.
“I think Villa need a central defender every bit as much as Spurs. If Ange doesn’t start well, the toxicity around the club would be the last thing that Maguire would need, and at Villa there’s the feel-good factor at the moment.
“He can help in the Conference League and Villa is a progressive, upwardly mobile, happy place. If the worst-case scenario happens, he will go from Man United where he’s been seen as the root cause of all the playing problems to Tottenham where if it doesn’t happen in the first 12 games for Postecoglou, there’ll be the ENIC out/Levy out brigade.
“I just think Villa will be better for him as a player and a human being.”
The defender is reportedly valued at £35 million and he could prove to be a useful acquisition for both Premier League clubs. It remains to be seen where he ends up this summer.
