Man Utd news: The big warning Southampton sent about Luke Shaw after £30m transfer
Shaw joined Manchester United in 2014 in a deal worth up to £30million. But the defender’s career has stalled and he now faces a humiliating departure in the summer. Shaw, 22, has struggled to convince Jose Mourinho and was hooked at half time in the FA Cup win against Brighton on Saturday before being publicly criticised. Express Sport understands he will be among United players moved on in the summer as Mourinho tries to overhaul his squad and mount a proper title challenge. But it has emerged United were given a warning by Southampton when they signed him. MAN UTD TRANSFER SPECIAL: FIVE PLAYERS TO BE AXED
GETTY Luke Shaw's Manchester United career appears to be over after latest bust-up
GETTY Luke Shaw has failed to convince Jose Mourinho he can be his first choice left-back
The Daily Mail claim Saints warned United about Shaw’s liking for fast food and fizzy drinks. He struggled for fitness under Louis van Gaal before suffering his horrific leg break. And, despite getting back into the team for spells, has largely been on the sidelines under Mourinho. He has made 12 starts this term and was described as one of the best in the world in his position earlier in the year. But Shaw’s United career now looks over after Mourinho hung him out to dry on Saturday. “I was not happy with his performance,” he said.
GETTY Luke Shaw was hung out to dry after the Brighton win on Saturday
“We did not play as I had prepared the team to play. “We worked in training on certain kinds of movements where it was really important the two full-backs to be aggressive and to be always in front, to create space for [Nemanja] Matic and Scott [McTominay] to play in front of the two central defenders. I didn’t have that with Luke or [Antonio] Valencia. “I could have changed both of them at half-time but I didn’t change both because it would have left me with only one more substitution. But to try to improve our offensive football and to be more aggressive, I had to change one and I chose Luke because at least Antonio, defensively, was capable of some good positioning. “In the first half every time they came into Luke’s corridor, the cross was coming and a dangerous situation was coming.”
And the Shaw situation threatened to turn nasty last night when a source close to the player said the situation would be regarded as constructive dismissal in other professions. “Mourinho's treatment of Luke is an absolute disgrace,” a source told Sky Sports news. “If he has a problem with him the decent thing to do would be to keep it in-house. “If this kind of abuse happened in any other workplace there would be a case for constructive dismissal. It's disgusting.”
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