What Eric Bailly's Wound Means for the Further Transfer of Harry Maguire by Man Utd

Manchester United may be forced to respect the £ 80 million selling price of Leicester for Harry Maguire after defender Eric Bailly has injured his knee, which makes it a big doubt for the new season.

Bailly was kidnapped a few minutes after being replaced at half-time by United's 2-1 win over Tottenham in the ICC Cup.

The Ivorian international seemed to twist his knee when his stallions remained stuck in turf while he was trying to challenge the Spurs Song Heung-min striker.

He watched agonically as the doctors drove him to the locker room – and will now undergo an badysis to determine the extent of the damage when United returns to Manchester.

Solskjaer said: "It's never nice to get hurt – and it's not worth losing a player.

"Eric has made his knee, but we do not know how serious it is.We have to go back to Manchester and do the scans, but hopefully everything will be fine."

United followed Maguire all summer – and went on pole when Manchester City refused to exceed £ 60 million for the English international.

Maguire told Leicester that he wanted to meet a new challenge, but the Fox will not deny their belief that it is worth more than the £ 75 million that Liverpool paid to Southampton for Virgil van Dijk.

There are only two weeks left before the box office closes, but Solskjaer refused to answer the question of whether his club would return to the market for a new central defender.

He said: "We had six central defenders in rotation – and they all managed well – Phil Jones played in the first three games, so it was his turn to rest today.

"Marcos Rojo and Chris Smalling took their chance and seemed really safe at the back, but of course you're never happy in the event of injury – let's hope it's not that bad for Eric."