Under-fire Harry Maguire has revealed former England captain David Beckham got in touch with him after last month’s Hampden Park hounding to help offer support and advice.Just over two years after being a Manchester United ever-present and part of the European Championship team of the tournament, the 30-year-old defender now finds himself as the butt of jokes.Many opposing fans have revelled in Maguire’s drop off and Scotland supporters goaded him mercilessly after coming on and scoring an own goal in England’s 3-1 win last month.Maguire immediately laughed it off as a “little bit of banter” but hearing from somebody who knows a thing or two about intense criticism meant the world to him.
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00:00 with him about that, about how he got through it?
00:02 Yeah, well, I actually spoke with David
00:07 about three weeks ago after the Scotland game.
00:12 He got in touch with me, so it was really nice of him.
00:15 And I really appreciated that.
00:17 No, it meant everything.
00:19 I've spoke about throughout my career that
00:23 David Beckham is someone who I looked up to
00:26 and I watched when I was a young boy.
00:29 Unfortunately, I didn't end up on the right wing
00:32 and scoring and assisting as many goals as he has.
00:34 But yeah, he was a big role model when I was growing up.
00:38 And I think it just shows how classy he is
00:42 to reach out to me and to message me.
00:46 And it was something that I really appreciate.
00:49 And yeah, it was touching, really.