Manchester United defender Harry Maguire (left) with technical director Jason Wilcox during the club's four-day training trip to Maynooth
Even for a high-profile international footballer, sometimes mum knows best.
In September 2023, when, by his own admission, Manchester United defender Harry Maguire was at his lowest ebb, as he was abused and mocked during an England appearance against Scotland ("I came on, played really well, then scored an own goal"), his mum Zoe took to social media.
She called the treatment of her son "disgraceful and unacceptable".
"I didn't want her to, but she just said, 'I'm doing it! I'm not listening to you!'" Maguire said, smiling, as he spoke at length about his career so far and hopes for the future to journalists at the club's training camp in Maynooth, 20 miles outside Dublin.
