Harry Maguire did not ask to be the most expensive defender in football history. It might be worth keeping that in mind over the coming weeks and months. It was Leicester City who demanded an £80 million fee and it is Manchester United who have agreed to pay it. For a 26-year-old who was able to travel to Euro 2016 with his mates and follow England in relative anonymity three years ago, it must all seem rather strange.

The rise and rise of Maguire — from Sheffield United to Hull City to Leicester, to England regular, to joining one of the biggest clubs in the world for a gargantuan transfer fee — is a great success story, but his move to Old Trafford inevitably