West Ham United 'reopen talks with Manchester United over Harry Maguire deal'
The Hammers had succeeded with a £30m offer for the former Red Devils captain, who remains on the fringes of the Man United team under Erik ten Hag.
However, a deal ultimately fell through as Maguire failed to agree terms with Man United over his departure, and the Europa Conference League winners abandoned their pursuit as a result.
Instead, David Moyes's side have brought ex-Arsenal defender Dinos Mavropanos back to the Premier League from Stuttgart, and Maguire was seemingly set to remain at Old Trafford for the 2023-24 season, in spite of his struggles for minutes.
A proposed switch to the London Stadium is not completely dead in the water, though, as The Sun claims that West Ham have now reignited talks with Man United over the out-of-favour centre-back.
As Maguire is still under contract at the Theatre of Dreams until the summer of 2025, he is allegedly looking for a substantial payoff to leave Man United, who made him the world's most expensive defender in an £80m deal in 2019.
Instead of sticking with their original £30m sum, West Ham are supposedly happy to offer a little more to Man United in order to increase the Red Devils' chances of negotiating a payoff with Maguire.
Man United are thought to have offered the former Leicester City man £6m to leave the club, but given that he is accepting a £70,000-a-week pay cut to join West Ham, he is holding out for a higher fee.
Should Maguire see out his contract and depart Man United for nothing in 2025, he could negotiate a higher wage with potential suitors as a free agent given the absence of a multi-million pound transfer fee.
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