Though he’s currently unable to play as he recovers from an ankle ligament injury, this season is a vital one for Manchester United defender Luke Shaw.
"I feel that this is my season to prove myself and I'm feeling in good shape," he told The National after watching United's first pre-season game, a 5-2 win over LA Galaxy in California. "I want to show everyone that I believe in myself and show the manager that."
Shaw, a world record £27 million signing for a teenager when he joined United from Southampton in 2014, had been at odds with Jose Mourinho on more than one occasion, but he will be given a chance to establish himself as the club’s first choice left-back after he recovers from an injury sustained in another home draw, against Swansea City in April.
“I’m working hard and I’ve been doing rehab each day with Ash [Ashley Young],” Shaw said. “It has been coming along really good. I’ve been running on a tread mill and doing my leg weights and making sure my foot is strong. I’ve also been doing a lot of cardiovascular work to keep me in good shape. I’m feeling good. The sooner I’m back the better and hopefully it is soon because I want to get out there playing.”
Mourinho on win over LA Galaxy
The 22-year-old doesn’t want to put a date on his return, but he could be back for the first league outing of the season at home to West Ham United in one month. He also hopes it’s the last of the serious injuries which have so far hampered his Old Trafford career.
“I’m in a positive frame of mind and don’t want talk too much about the past, but I do think that I’ve been unlucky with injuries,” he said. “My leg and now this. It was unlucky. I want to put them in the past.”
After a mediocre first season in at Old Trafford, a venue where he’d impressed so much as a Southampton player, Shaw worked hard over the summer of 2015 and excelled on the field before a horrific leg break in Eindhoven in 2015.
He was bought to be United’s left-back for 15 years, but injury and form meant he’s yet to establish himself as mainstay, featuring in only 16 league games in 2014/15, five in his injury hit second season and 11 last term when his future at the club appeared uncertain.
United’s manager has been impressed by Shaw’s attitude while injured though and watches him closely.
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“When me and Ash [Ashley Young] tend to finish our sessions, we go over to see what they are doing and we see him [Mourinho],”Shaw explained. “He asks how I am, how it is going and he keeps on top of how we are and to see how far along we are.”
He’s found support from other areas.
“I keep myself motivated in different ways,” he said. “The fans especially keep me motivated. They are always sending good messages to me on social media. The players in the dressing room too - without them it would be very difficult but they are all superb. They are a great bunch of lads. We all help each other when there are hard times like this. They all want to see me back out on the pitch as much as I do.”
He talks of the positive mood in the United camp ahead of the new season.
“It’s really good and a lot different to last year in China,” he said of a tour where one of the two games was postponed and travel was also disrupted by the weather. “That was hard, but everyone is enjoying it this year and we couldn’t ask for anything better. The facilities we have at the training place are second to none, the weather has been good and the boys couldn’t ask for better games in pre-season.”
United will play Manchester City, Barcelona and Real Madrid among others on a tour Shaw was happy to be invited on by his manager.
“At first I thought we weren’t going on tour but deep down I think it is very important for us to come on tour,” Shaw said. “All of the lads are away and we are with them. It is bonding for everyone to be around. I am so glad I am here. I am enjoying it a lot, although I am not playing. It is a really good place to be and it is a really good squad to be around. It is buzzing at the moment. This is just the start.”
United play their second game in the US against Real Salt Lake on Monday.
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Deadpool 2
Dir: David Leitch
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Justin Dennison, Zazie Beetz
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Starring: Josh Hartnett, Saleka Shyamalan, Ariel Donaghue
Director: M Night Shyamalan
Rating: 3/5
What She Ate: Six Remarkable Women & the Food That Tells Their Stories
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How much do leading UAE’s UK curriculum schools charge for Year 6?
- Nord Anglia International School (Dubai) – Dh85,032
- Kings School Al Barsha (Dubai) – Dh71,905
- Brighton College Abu Dhabi - Dh68,560
- Jumeirah English Speaking School (Dubai) – Dh59,728
- Gems Wellington International School – Dubai Branch – Dh58,488
- The British School Al Khubairat (Abu Dhabi) - Dh54,170
- Dubai English Speaking School – Dh51,269
*Annual tuition fees covering the 2024/2025 academic year
TRAINING FOR TOKYO
A typical week's training for Sebastian, who is competing at the ITU Abu Dhabi World Triathlon on March 8-9:
- Four swim sessions (14km)
- Three bike sessions (200km)
- Four run sessions (45km)
- Two strength and conditioning session (two hours)
- One session therapy session at DISC Dubai
- Two-three hours of stretching and self-maintenance of the body
ITU Abu Dhabi World Triathlon
For more information go to www.abudhabi.triathlon.org.
Tearful appearance
Chancellor Rachel Reeves set markets on edge as she appeared visibly distraught in parliament on Wednesday.
Legislative setbacks for the government have blown a new hole in the budgetary calculations at a time when the deficit is stubbornly large and the economy is struggling to grow.
She appeared with Keir Starmer on Thursday and the pair embraced, but he had failed to give her his backing as she cried a day earlier.
A spokesman said her upset demeanour was due to a personal matter.
The language of diplomacy in 1853
Treaty of Peace in Perpetuity Agreed Upon by the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast on Behalf of Themselves, Their Heirs and Successors Under the Mediation of the Resident of the Persian Gulf, 1853
(This treaty gave the region the name “Trucial States”.)
We, whose seals are hereunto affixed, Sheikh Sultan bin Suggar, Chief of Rassool-Kheimah, Sheikh Saeed bin Tahnoon, Chief of Aboo Dhebbee, Sheikh Saeed bin Buyte, Chief of Debay, Sheikh Hamid bin Rashed, Chief of Ejman, Sheikh Abdoola bin Rashed, Chief of Umm-ool-Keiweyn, having experienced for a series of years the benefits and advantages resulting from a maritime truce contracted amongst ourselves under the mediation of the Resident in the Persian Gulf and renewed from time to time up to the present period, and being fully impressed, therefore, with a sense of evil consequence formerly arising, from the prosecution of our feuds at sea, whereby our subjects and dependants were prevented from carrying on the pearl fishery in security, and were exposed to interruption and molestation when passing on their lawful occasions, accordingly, we, as aforesaid have determined, for ourselves, our heirs and successors, to conclude together a lasting and inviolable peace from this time forth in perpetuity.
Taken from Britain and Saudi Arabia, 1925-1939: the Imperial Oasis, by Clive Leatherdale
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