Marcos Rojo shocks Manchester United fans as he revealed that the club’s former coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer played Harry Maguire ahead of him because the club bought the English defender for £80 million.
Rojo lost his place in the starting line-up in the 2019-20 season which he confirmed was because Solskjaer played Maguire more despite his several mistakes.
Rojo spent six seasons at Old Trafford before joining Boca Juniors in 2021, and he told TYC Sports in an interview that; “In 2019 I was very good in England. I was playing in the Europa League but I was very angry with the coach because he was putting Maguire in the team instead of me.”
“Thank God they have taken him out now and Licha [Lisandro] Martinez is playing.”
“One day I went to Solskjaer’s office to tell him to let me leave for another club or put me in the starting line-up. I said it was wrong that I wasn’t playing.”
“But he told me that Maguire had to play regardless because they had paid so much money for him.”
“He was making huge mistakes every week already and I told Solskjaer: ‘Son of a b****, let me play because this guy is making huge mistakes every week.””
Harry Maguire was formerly the world’s most expensive defender when he was bought from Leicester City for £80m in 2019.
Solskjaer only played Marcos Rojo once in the Premier League before his injuries woes but played him in their 2019-20 Europa League group stages.
Solskjaer then granted Rojo his wish by sending him on loan to Estudiantes in January of 2020 after which he left United to join Boca Juniors on a permanent deal.
The 33-year-old was suspended in September 2022 by Argentina FA and banned him from captaining Boca for a month after he kicked an opposition player in the head during a Superclasico with River Plate.
The arrival of Lisandro Martinez relegated Maguire to the bench with his future now at stake under new Manager Erik Ten Hag.
The last time Maguire played for United was in Europa League against Sevilla where the Spanish team thrashed United 3-0.
Marcos Rojo
Faustino Marcos Alberto Rojo is an Argentine footballer who was born on 20 March 1990 and plays as a defender for Boca Juniors and the Argentina national team.
Rojo began his career at his childhood club Estudiantes de La Plata, where he won the Copa Libertadores in 2009, played in the FIFA Club World Cup Final later that year and won the Primera Division in 2010.
He played for Spartak Moscow for a short while before joining Sporting CP in 2012, and then transferred to Manchester United for £16 million two years later.
After his issues with Solskjaer and subsequently falling out of the pecking order, Rojo returned to Estudiantes on loan in January 2020, before making a permanent transfer to Boca Juniors in February 2021.
Rojo Stats And Networth
In the CONMEBOL Libertadores season 2022, Rojo has played 3 matches and has no goals while he averages a 63 passes per match with a pass completion rate of 88%, and had 0 assists.
He has also received one yellow card this season with no red card to his name.
He signed for Manchester United in 2015 that nets him a whopping salary of 4.6 Million Euro (4 Million Pound) per year.
Marcos Rojo has a net worth of approximately £40,664,000 as of 2022. Marcos Rojo currently plays for Boca as a Defender.
Net Worth & Market Value
| Net Worth: | £40,664,000 as of 2022 |
| Current Market Value: | €2.80m |
Marcos Rojo Wife – Eugenia Lusardo
Marcos Rojo is married to wife Eugenia Lusardo, a lingerie model based in Lisbon and the couple have three daughters.
Eugenia is the stunning wife of the former Manchester United star Marcos Rojo she is based in Lisbon. She made her name as a lingerie model.
The model has posted over 650 pictures to her profile and has amassed almost 50,000 followers on her Instagram page.
