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The Luke Shaw we are seeing now is the same player who had the world at his feet when he joined Manchester United... there is personal vindication in the way his renaissance has driven England into the semi-finals

Since Luke Shaw chose Jose Mourinho's new back yard to produce another signature display for England, perhaps this is the moment to consider his former Manchester United manager's thoughts on the full-back.

Shaw, Mourinho reflected a few years ago, was one of those players 'who cannot walk from the bed to the toilet without breaking a leg.'

Unfortunate and deeply insensitive, since he'd incurred a double break of that limb just two years earlier. Even when Shaw performed well, Mourinho declared: 'It was his body with my brain.'

There was huge personal vindication for Shaw in the way he drove England into the semi-final
Shaw chose Jose Mourinho's new back yard to produce another signature display for England

Considering Mourinho also decided Mohamed Salah was surplus to requirement and drove Kevin de Bruyne out of Chelsea, his personal judgement of a player hardly need detain us here.