Maguire leads a group of just FOUR current Man Utd players at Charlton's funeral
Former Manchester United captain Harry Maguire was one of just four current players who attended the funeral of Sir Bobby Charlton on Monday.
Around 1,000 mourners, including some of the biggest names in British football, arrived at Manchester Cathedral to honour the 86-year-old 1966 World Cup winner and club hero.
Old Trafford legend Sir Alex Fergusson led the Red Devils' contingent and was joined by England boss Gareth Southgate and a host of others including Maguire, Luke Shaw, Jonny Evans and Tom Heaton.
However, there were very many within the United first team squad who were absent, some after jetting off on international duty with their national sides and others for reasons unknown.
The likes of Andre Onana, Altay Bayindir, Victor Lindelof, Diogo Dalot, Sofyan Amrabat, Bruno Fernandes, Scott McTominay and Marcus Rashford all received call-ups from their respective international sides ahead of fixtures at the end of this week.
Though, Maguire was present despite his inclusion in Southgate's squad for games against Malta and North Macedonia.
It means that Antony, Anthony Martial, Casemiro, Rasmus Hojlund, Christian Eriksen, Mason Mount, Tyrell Malacia, Sergio Reguilon, Jadon Sancho, Raphael Varane and Lisandro Martinez, who are not involved in the upcoming international break, were not in attendance on Monday afternoon.
United's current crop were also without their manager Erik ten Hag who was unable to attend due to an 'unbreakable and long-standing personal commitment in the Netherlands'.
He came in for criticism from former Sky Sports presenter Richard Keys, who called his absence a disgrace.
'I don’t care what it is that ten Hag claims was ‘an unbreakable commitment’ in Holland,' he wrote on X, formerly Twitter. 'There
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