Luke Shaw still has future at Man United, says Mourinho

Jose Mourinho says England defender Luke Shaw still has a future at Manchester United despite the full-back’s lack of opportunities and controversy surrounding his comments about Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino.


In the Spurs boss’s new autobiography, published this week, Shaw is quoted as saying he would relish the opportunity to play for his former Southampton manager again one day in the future.
Those comments, allied with his frustrating and injury-ravaged time under Mourinho at Old Trafford, have led to speculation that Shaw will find himself surplus to requirements under the United manager.
But Mourinho, whose side play fellow title challengers Tottenham at Old Trafford on Saturday, said while it will be difficult for Shaw, he does have a future under him.
nd maybe the opportunity comes.”
The Pochettino book, “Brave New World”, also sees the Tottenham manager express his dissatisfaction that he caught midfield player Eric Dier talking and joking with Mourinho in the Old Trafford tunnel after Spurs lost there last season.
That led to Pochettino sitting down with his player to talk about his future as interest grew from United.
However, Mourinho insisted that he ultimately ended up with the player he wanted anyway — his former Chelsea midfielder Nemanja Matic, who signed in July.
“I have the player that I want to have, probably I have the player I didn’t think it was possible to have,” he said. “But we got the player I really wanted.”