Manchester United manager Jose
Mourinho has come out to say that he is staying patient with Luke Shaw as the England left-back
returns from his latest injury lay-off but also insist Shaw has to improve
to get into the starting line-up.
Shaw has played just 48 appearances for United
since the move due to a mixture of form and fitness issues, most pertinently
the double leg break that brought his second season at the club to an abrupt
halt.
Shaw made his latest return to fitness as a
half-time substitute in Wednesday's Carabao Cup win over Burton and, ahead of
Saturday's trip to the defender's former club, the Portuguese said “He has to work. The media saw the Burton game, you saw the same as I see,
so are you asking if he plays tomorrow? No, he is not playing tomorrow. He has
to work. He has to improve. Look, he doesn't play for six months. I am not
expecting him to arrive on Wednesday and to be man of the match or to be
running up and down for 45 minutes. It's just a process. He doesn't play for a
long, long time. You have other players in the Premier League that in this
moment who are not starting matches and their managers just say 'they're not in
the best conditions'. And we're speaking about some of the best players of the
Premier League. I heard last week the Chelsea manager saying that, I heard
Arsenal manager said that. The players are not in their ideas, in their
analysis, they're not in the best form after important injuries and long time
without playing. Luke had surgery and a long time without playing football. I
cannot expect him to be back and to be strong, strong, strong in his work.”
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