Luke Shaw strikes on the eve of the clash with Germany at Wembley back to Jose Mourinho. The AS Roma coach acts as an analyst at the European Championships talkSPORT and in that capacity he was highly critical of the England left-back’s set pieces in particular during the group stage. Mourinho even came up with the description ‘dramatically bad’. Shaw doesn’t understand why he is being criticized so much from his old manager at Manchester United.
Shaw actually does not want to dwell too long on Mourinho’s harsh words. “I try to put it behind me, but he clearly can’t,” said the wing defender in an interview with the BBC. “It’s kind of strange that he keeps talking about me. Some of the guys at England have said, ‘What’s his problem, why is he going on about you?’ He better let the past rest and be at peace with it. It makes no sense to be busy with me all the time. He is apparently still very busy with me,” said the surprised Shaw.
The left back says he is used to harsh statements from Mourinho. “What he says now cannot be compared with the situation then (at Manchester United, ed.). And I say that very honestly. But luckily I have passed that station for a long time, I have really grown up as a player. I learned a lot from him, but now I also find it very easy to ignore him and even laugh about it.I just move on with my life, although I don’t understand why he keeps so busy. Those standard situations were not like that at all. bad. Of the three corner kicks, maybe one failed. I understand that he does his job as an analyst, but the time that I was concerned about his words has been “, emphasizes the Englishman.
Mourinho, as manager of Manchester United, regularly spoke negatively about Shaw’s qualities as a left-back. “There are certain players he likes, but there are also players he doesn’t like. I clearly fell into the latter category. I did everything I could to convince him of my qualities, but it was to no avail at the time no matter what I tried,” Shaw concluded. The player of the Red Devils is currently in preparation for Tuesday’s game with the Germans in the eighth final of the European Championship. Shaw started the European Championship as a bench seat, but in the duels with Scotland (0-0) and the Czech Republic (0-1) he did receive a base place from national coach Gareth Southgate.
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