Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand has hailed Harry Maguire following another starring display for England at the European Championships.
Having missed England's opening two group games through injury, Maguire has excelled in his three matches since making his return. He opened his scoring account for the tournament with a powerful header at the start of the second-half of the quarter-final against Ukraine.
The Three Lions' comfortable 4-0 victory has set-up a semi-final against Denmark at Wembley on Wednesday, where victory would seal England's first appearance at a major tournament final since the 1966 World Cup.
Maguire will continue to be integral in Gareth Southgate's squad moving forward and Ferdinand reserved special praise for the defender.
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"Harry Maguire looks so comfortable at international football. In an England shirt he looks like a man mountain to me. He comes out with the ball and picks the right passes," the former United defender told the BBC following the game.
"He always tries to come out, bring someone to him and then play the ball and that is the difference. He wants to commit someone and that is the difference between him and other centre-backs."
United captain Maguire made it clear after the match that the hard work for England is not yet done, with a semi-final against Denmark on the horizon.
"It’s a great feeling. Back-to-back semi-finals at a major tournament. It’s a great achievement but we don’t stop here," he said.
"We’ve got another big game coming up and we want to go further this time than we did at the World Cup.
"Of course it’s a great feeling to win here and the way we’ve done it as well shows the big progress that we’re making as a country so long may the improvement continue."
