"It's vitally important for Luke Shaw to get out": Ryan Mason issues strong warning following Jose Mourinho's latest outburst
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Ryan Mason has warned Luke Shaw to leave Manchester United in a bid to save his career.
Shaw has struggled for game time ever since Mourinho took charge at Old Trafford, and has come under scrutiny from the United boss on more than one occasion.
The 22-year-old was hooked at half-time against Brighton on Saturday and Mourinho didn't hold back when asked to explain why in his post-match press conference.
"Luke, in the first half, every time they went in this corridor, the cross was coming, the situation was coming so I was not happy with the performance," said the Red Devils manager.
The comments are of stark contrast to when he claimed Shaw to be one of the best left-backs in the world in January.
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Speaking on Sky Sports' The Debate Mason urged Shaw to leave United.
"I'm not too sure what he's [Mourinho] up to but it's clear to see he's not a fan of Luke Shaw as a player," said the former Hull City and Spurs star.
"I think it's vitally important for Luke to get out and start playing and enjoying football again because at the moment it looks as though he's scared on the football pitch, he doesn't have any freedom and it's very difficult for a footballer to have a game if you feel like that."
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Mason added: "He's young, he's low on confidence and off the back of bad performance to come out and criticise him again is not nice to see, I don't like seeing it, I'm sure some of the players in that dressing room don't like seeing it either.
"But there is this thing about Mourinho, he's a winner, there's no doubt about that. And he's not bothered about dropping someone if they don't pull their weight for the team - and we've seen that with Pogba recently.
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"Some players you can say something and get a reaction but we've not seen that and to keep going after him it's obviously not had the desired effect and it's got to the point where it's not nice to see."
Mason continued: "What we're seeing with his direction is strong, he's obviously coming out and criticising him in the press - I personally don't think that's the right way to go about things.
"They're the sort of things where you should be getting the player in the office, explaining to him what he's done wrong and speak him through it.
"I don't feel like Luke should be sitting there hearing it from a press conference before he's spoken to the manager individually."