“First of all because I don’t think it is correct to talk about players at other clubs”.
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“I just want to push on in this pre-season and get fully fit”.
“But we’re hopeful the game will go ahead”.
“I don’t confirm and I don’t deny”.
Shaw has been praised by United boss Jose Mourinho for the work he has put in throughout his recovery and the 21-year-old is relishing working under his new manager.
“We set four targets for us, we got three of them and we are going to get the fourth”, Mourinho said, having brought in Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Eric Bailly.
Pogba has been heavily linked with a return to Old Trafford, four years after leaving United for Juventus on a free transfer, with reports suggesting a fee of approximately £92million has been agreed between the two clubs with a further £18.4m to be paid to the player’s agent Mino Raiola. But I think at the end of the day, now it is a new start for United.
“But as I went through it [the recovery process] I knew I was coming back and I’m not looking back, I’m just looking forward now”.
“There are still lots of players yet to join up with the squad and with the Euros going on we couldn’t do anything”.
United are believed to have made a second bid for their former player earlier this week – thought to be around £90m – but his current employers – Juventus – are intent on holding out for closer to £100m. The body is different, the mind is different and the timing to have holidays and even things you don’t know, and don’t have to know, is to prepare in a different way like we do at training level.
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And while for many outsiders the tour – which features International Champions Cup fixtures against Borussia Dortmund and Manchester City – is seen as another attempt by the club to boost their market in Asia, Shaw says it is a crucial opportunity for him and his team-mates to prove their worth to manager Jose Mourinho.
