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Manchester United defender Harry Maguire has responded to Joy Sports' post of a viral video of Ghanaian Member of Parliament Isaac Adongo apologising to him following the player's recent good run of form.
The MP for Bolgatanga Central rendered an unqualified apology to the England international in Parliament on Tuesday, November 21, for comparing him to Ghana's Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia when he referred to them as poor performers.
Maguire, at the time of Adongo's initial evaluation, was underperforming for the Red Devils and was even 'scoring own goals' to help the cause of opponents, prompting a comparison with Ghana's Vice President and Head of Economic Management under whose watch the country's economy has taken a beating.
Bawumia is ‘Economic Maguire’, he is scoring own goals - MP, Bolgatanga Central, Isaac Adongo. #AMShow pic.twitter.com/fMvOLaCLHs
— JoyNews (@JoyNewsOnTV) December 1, 2022
Maguire has since turned the corner and gone on to become an important figure at Old Trafford, displacing Raphael Varane in Erik ten Hag's starting line-up while Dr Bawumia is yet to turn Ghana's economy around.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Tuesday, Mr Adongo said "Will you prefer Mr Mahama’s economy where you were drinking your kalyppo for 50 pesewas, to your (era)... where you are buying that Kalyppo for GH₵6? Which do you prefer? You have inflated your revenue by over GH₵40 billion so that you can now project expenditure of GH₵226 billion so you can have GH₵40 billion cushion for reckless expenditure in an election year, that is all that you have done."
“Today, Maguire has turned the corner and is a transformational footballer”
— ⬅️ #JoySports (@JoySportsGH) November 22, 2023
Ghanaian MP Isaac Adongo, who ridiculed Harry Maguire months ago for scoring own goals, has apologized to the Manchester United defender.#JoySports pic.twitter.com/WciD3D3SEL
Reacting to the video which has gone viral, the Man United central defender accepted the MP's apology.
"MP Issac Adongo apology accepted. See you at Old Trafford soon," Maguire responded to a post on 'X' regarding the video.
MP Issac Adongo apology accepted . See you at Old Trafford soon
— Harry Maguire (@HarryMaguire93) November 22, 2023
Maguire following England's qualification to the 2024 European Championships is expected to return to club football with United when they face Everton over the weekend in the Premier League.
“Mr Speaker you remember that last year, I was very quick to compare my big brother, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to Harry Maguire. Mr Speaker, I am now apologising to Harry Maguire. Today Maguire has turned, he is a transformational footballer," Adongo said.
“Harry Maguire is now scoring goals for Manchester United. Harry Maguire is now a key player for Manchester, as for our Maguire [Dr Bawumia], he is now roaming at the IMF with a cup in hand. As for our economic Maguire, he was able to get our pensioners to leave their homes and come and parade in the streets,” he added.
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