The mother of footballer Harry Maguire has said the abus£ he has faced has been “disgraceful” and “unacceptable”.
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 m0cked during England’s game on Tuesday.
England boss Gareth Southgate said his treatment by fans was “ridiculous”.
On Instagram, his mum Zoe said she knew the game had “ups and downs” but the abus£ went “far beyond” football.
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 lose his starting place at Old Trafford and the captaincy.
In her post, his mother said seeing the “level of negative and abus!ve comments” he had received from “some fans, pundits and the media” was “disgraceful and totally unacceptable to any walk of life, never mind [to] someone who works his socks off for club and country”.
She said she was at Hampden Park and it was “not acceptable what’s been created, over nothing”.
“I understand that in the football world, there are ups and downs, positives and negatives, but what Harry receives has gone far beyond ‘football’,” she said.
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