This will be the ‘season of Luke Shaw’, insists Van Gaal

Despite a stop-start debut campaign, Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal backs Luke Shaw to firmly establish his place in the side following a promising pre season.

“Luke Shaw is also a big talent”.

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“So I think that this shall be the season of Luke Shaw, that I believe”.

“In my other teams I was already, in my first year, a champion so I hope that we can manage that in three years’ time”.

It was going to especially hard considering that the price tag of £27 Million is the highest paid for a player under 20 years of age.

United cap their United States tour on Wednesday against Paris St-Germain, who are reportedly keen on signing the Premier League club’s unsettled midfielder Angel Di Maria.

In order to improve his shape and fitness levels, the left-back apparently took a personal trainer on holiday with him in the off-season.

Subsequently, those injuries ruled him out of contention for the majority of matches England played last season. “I have of course spoken with Sergio and also with David and with me always the best shall be in the line-up so you have to fight”.

United play the final game of their US tour against PSG in Chicago in the early hours of Thursday morning before flying straight back to Manchester.

Van Gaal said Valdes had refused to play for United’s reserve team, a claim disputed by the Spaniard.

Sergio Romero has just become Louis van Gaal’s fifth signing of the summer but the goalkeeper arrives with a “crazy” reputation.

“It was our own decision because I wanted to work hard and achieve something this season”.