Manchester United's Luke Shaw considering complaint to top brass about Jose Mourinho and is now set on leaving
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Luke Shaw feels Jose Mourinho is freezing him out and is thinking about complaining to Manchester United chief Ed Woodward, according to sources.
The left-back was substituted at half-time during Saturday's FA Cup quarter-final win over Brighton.
Mourinho said he had taken Shaw off because he'd failed to follow his tactical instructions.
It is just the latest incident in a troubled relationship.
Last season, Mourinho described one of Shaw’s displays as “his body with my brain” and told the England international to “accelerate the learning process”.
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The 22-year-old had to wait until December for his first Premier League start of the season, but then started 2018 by playing five of United’s seven games as Ashley Young was banned.
It prompted Mourinho to claim Shaw was in line for a new contract with just one year left this summer on his £80,000-a-week contract at Old Trafford.
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This has sparked fears that it is an attempt to stop him leaving on the cheap and ensure United recoup the £30m they paid Southampton when he joined in 2014.
Shaw has been so upset by recent developments he is determined to quit this summer and will reject fresh terms, sources claim.
There appears no way back for Shaw MirrorSport understands may even take his grievances to executive vice-chairman Woodward.
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The spat will also alert Arsenal and Chelsea, who are both likely to be in the market for a left-back come the summer — Nacho Monreal turned 32 last month and will have just one year left on his Gunners contract this close-season, while Chelsea’s Marcos Alonso has stated his ambition to return to his native Spain one day.
United are, meanwhile, eyeing Tottenham’s England left-back Danny Rose and teenage Fulham starlet Ryan Sessegnon, who plays the same position.
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The Brighton game saw Shaw replaced by Young, who has recently got the nod over him to start several big games, including the Champions League and in League wins over Chelsea and Liverpool.
United have also taken up the option to extend Young’s contract until 2019.