Nothing is going right at the moment for Manchester United. Amid their form struggles, the Red Devils’ skipper Harry Maguire has received a bomb threat to his family home. This has led to the police being on their toes and searching his house in northern England.
For the unversed, the 29-year-old footballer Maguire lives at the property with his fiancé Fern Hawkins and their two children.
“Cheshire Police were called to reports of a bomb threat,” police said in a statement. “No evacuations took place, but as a precautionary measure a police explosives dog has attended the address this afternoon, Thursday 21 April, to conduct a search of the gardens and surrounding area.”
“The safety of his family and those around him is obviously Harry’s number one priority,” the England defender’s management team said in a statement. “He will continue to prepare for this weekend’s fixture as normal and we will not be commenting in any further detail at this time,” the statement .
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Things have not been at their best in the Man United camp of late. The Cristiano Ronaldo-less Red Devils stepped on the field, at Anfield, to play Liverpool in an important English Premier League encounter. Nonetheless, nothing clicked for the Maguire-led side as they were thrashed 4-0 and the inconsistent club is now at the sixth position in the EPL standings.
They next face fifth-ranked Arsenal on Saturday (April 23).
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