Harry Maguire warned that there would be explosions at his family home unless he quit as Manchester United captain, according to reports.
Reports emerged on Thursday that Maguire had received a bomb threat to his home. The threat was reported to Cheshire police, who conducted a sweep of the England defender's house with a sniffer dog.
No suspicious items were found during the search, but the ordeal has left the entire family badly shaken. United star Maguire resides in Wilmslow property with fiancee Fern Hawkins and their two daughters, Lillie Saint, three, and Piper Rose, who will turn two in May.Detectives are now searching for the person behind the false scare, understood to have been sent via email.
The threat arrived hours after Maguire captained Ralf Rangnick's side in United's 4-0 defeat to Liverpool on Tuesday night. Maguire's fiancee Hawkins, 27, is reported to have been extremely distressed by the threat made to the couple's family home.
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