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Image caption: Maguire has been booed by both England and Manchester United fans in the last two seasons
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The mother of footballer Harry Maguire has said the abuse he has faced has been \u201cdisgraceful\u201d and \u201cunacceptable\u201d.<\/p>\n
The England and Manchester United star has received much criticism in print and online, which has seen him booed by his own fans, and he was\u00a0mocked during England\u2019s game\u00a0on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
England boss Gareth Southgate said his treatment by fans was \u201cridiculous\u201d.<\/p>\n
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On Instagram, his mum Zoe said she knew the game had \u201cups and downs\u201d but the abuse went \u201cfar beyond\u201d football.<\/p>\n
Maguire was a key part of the England teams that reached the 2018 World Cup semi-finals and Euro 2020 final and was United captain, but a downturn in form has seen the 30-year-old\u00a0lose his starting place at Old Trafford and the captaincy.<\/p>\n
He has been booed by fans while playing for England, during 2022 friendlies against Ivory Coast and Germany, and United, in pre-season friendlies abroad for the last two seasons.<\/p>\n
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Speaking after the game on Tuesday, in which he was\u00a0a second-half substitute and scored an own goal, Maguire said the Scotland fans\u2019 actions were a \u201clittle bit of banter\u201d and he could \u201cdeal with it\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt pretty much takes the pressure away from my teammates and puts it all on myself,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
In her post, his mother said seeing the \u201clevel of negative and abusive comments\u201d he had received from \u201csome fans, pundits and the media\u201d was \u201cdisgraceful and totally unacceptable to any walk of life, never mind [to] someone who works his socks off for club and country\u201d.<\/p>\n
She said she was at Hampden Park and it was \u201cnot acceptable what\u2019s been created, over nothing\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI understand that in the football world, there are ups and downs, positives and negatives, but what Harry receives has gone far beyond \u2018football\u2019,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n She said watching what he received was \u201cnot OK\u201d and she would not want to see any parents or players \u201cgo through this in the future, especially the young boys and girls breaking through the ranks\u201d.<\/p>\n She said her son had \u201ca massive heart\u201d, adding: \u201cIt\u2019s a good job he\u2019s mentally strong and can handle it as others may not be able to.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI wish this sort of abuse on nobody,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Brighton captain Lewis Dunk, who partnered Maguire in Scotland, said what he faced was \u201cunfair\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is very harsh. That\u2019s the way unfortunately football and sometimes fans, media take a story and they run with it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cThis one has built up massively and it is an ongoing thing\u2026 but I think he can hold his head high and take massive credit from the way he has handled it.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"Harry](\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/_131087287_129a86c261da11ec90e29f131daaf395bf935988.jpg\")