Harry Maguire admits Manchester United's players do get unsettled by pundits' criticism.
Maguire has been the subject of personal criticism from former United midfielders Roy Keane and Robbie Savage over the past 12 months live on air.
He told The Overlap: "Yeah I think it does (affect players), I'm not going to sit here and lie. But I think you've got to come to an agreement that it's opinions, everyone has an opinion.
"Of course everyone wants to hear people speak about them doing well and everything's nice but that's not life, that's not football, you've got to accept that.
"I think it can change confidence in players, especially the ones that listen to it more than others. Because you're a big part of the game now. You analyse things, every goal that we concede you analyse.
"I think it can affect confidence but what I would say is that when you do, you don't just speak negative about players, you also speak positive so I think as a footballer you've got to expect that."
