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In April 2017, and having restored Shaw to the United squad, Jose Mourinho fielded a question about his performance in a league game against
Everton.
"He had a good performance, but it was his body with my brain,” Mourinho said.
"He was in front of me and I was making every decision for him.
"The communication was possible because we were very close. I was thinking for him, when to close inside, when to open, when to press the opponent, I was making every decision for him."
The evidence of these long-standing tactical issues are still present in Shaw.
Mourinho was out in front of the
Sky Sports cameras last Sunday, remarking that new signing Harry Maguire had better get used to covering for Shaw on that side of defence.
“When Maguire has to cover for Luke Shaw, he will learn he has to do this a lot of times during the season, the space in the face of the ball, somebody has to arrive,” Mourinho said.
It was widely interpreted as another dig at Shaw from the former United manager, who had well documented issues with him during their two-and-a-bit seasons together.