Harry Maguire bore the brunt of comments in Ghanaian parliament during a tough period for Manchester United but the England international has now earned an apology
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Ghanaian Lawmaker Isaac Adongo has offered Harry Maguire an apology, 11 months after mocking the Manchester United defender during a parliamentary session.
Adongo, who represents the National Democratic Congress, made Maguire a figure of fun at the end of 2022. At the time, the United centre-back was helping England reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup but had been struggling at club level.
Isaac Adongo was debating the budget when he compared Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia’s economic management to Maguire’s performances on the pitch.
Maguire has come in for heavy criticism from some fans but fellow footballers have come to his defence.
On Tuesday, Mr Adongo said he wanted to correct the record and hailed Maguire as a “transformational footballer”.
He was a “key player” for Manchester United, Mr Adongo said during a budget debate.
But he did not let up in his criticism of Vice-President Bawumia.
A year ago Mr Adongo compared Mr Bawumia to Harry Maguire, who Mr Adongo said “became the biggest threat at the centre of the Manchester United defence”.
Some Ghanaians have been reacting to Mr Adongo’s apology, saying that the Manchester United player has really improved, but the same cannot be said of the managers of the Ghanaian economy.
Despite this, Ghana’s governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has selected Mr Bawumia as its candidate for the 2024 elections.
He will be the first Muslim to contest the presidency under the NPP’s banner since multi-party democracy was restored in 1992.
