Harry Maguire 'one of the best in English history' - Harry Kane - video Dailymotion

The England captain believes the Man United defender has come under 'unnecessary scrutiny' in recent months

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00:00 H has come under some really unnecessary scrutiny.

00:05 Probably been scapegoated a little bit in terms of

00:09 the way the team have gone over recent times.

00:15 So, yeah, I know he's a really good friend of mine.

00:18 He's a great guy, a really hardworking professional.

00:21 From an England point of view, being one of our best defenders in

00:26 recent times, and I'd go as far to say one of our best defenders over

00:29 the history of our country in an England shirt.

00:34 So, yeah, it's part of our game now.

00:37 It's part of football.

00:38 You're scrutinised all over on social media, etc.

00:42 But knowing him, all you want to do is work harder and improve and get better

00:47 and stay focused.

00:48 And we're fully behind him as a national team.

00:51 I know the coach come out and backed him fully.

00:55 So there's always going to be noise around players.

00:57 And the important thing is that we have a really strong core within our team

01:01 with England.

01:02 And, yeah, that's the most important thing going into big games and big tournaments.