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Maguire opens up on life after World Cup

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Harry Maguire has opened up on how his life has changed since the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

He said: “I tried to keep it as normal as possible, but there was a lot more recognition, more photos and more signatures but it’s nice. I had a great welcome when I came back and every fan I spoke to was pleased and happy and had a great summer. That was the main thing, we wanted to make the country proud of us. I think we did that and hopefully we can go on to win some things. When you’re on the pitch there’s more expectation on your shoulders too, people see you playing at a World Cup and want to see you follow that up. My performances get more analysis and there’s more scrutiny if I do make a mistake – but it’s something I feel like I can deal with.”

He said: “You’ve just got to focus on your game, keep working hard on the training pitch and in the gym, and if you do that the belief and confidence in yourself will bring you through that. I got just under three weeks off after the World Cup. It was nice to get away, have a break and refresh my mind, get some Sun. I felt really good going into the game even though I had three or four days’ worth of training going into the game. I had great confidence from the World Cup, what that had brought of me, and having played on the biggest stage I thought I could play at Old Trafford and we could put on a performance and we did that night. It was nice to get back out there for the club and pull on a Leicester shirt again. I feel like I’ve played really well, obviously I had a setback with injury but we’ve had numerous games and played numerous big teams and have been really good against the big six.”

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