Luke Shaw slams ex-Man Utd bosses including Mourinho, Solskjaer and Rangnick as he praises ‘top manager’ Erik ten Hag

MANCHESTER UNITED left-back Luke Shaw has aimed a sly dig at new boss Erik ten Hag’s predecessors by praising the Dutchman’s efforts to implement structure the club “haven’t had for quite a while”.

Ten Hag has been putting the squad through their paces and is keen to run a tight ship at Old Trafford.

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Rangnick’s methods were often questioned last season[/caption]

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Former permanent manager Solskjaer also lost control of United before he was sacked last season[/caption]

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Slacking is not tolerated and United‘s first test under Ten Hag paid off as they beat rivals Liverpool 4-0 in a pre-season friendly in Thailand.

Ahead of Tuesday’s game against Liverpool, Shaw hailed “top manager” Ten Hag for trying to implement structure the club “haven’t had in quite a while”.

Shaw said in quotes carried by The Metro: “It’s clear that he’s a top, top manager.

“He has a structure to play the way he wants us to play.

“We haven’t had that for quite a while, and it was clear to see last season, which was extremely disappointing.

“We have to bounce back [from last season] and he has been working us extremely hard, but I think we need it.

“We’re really looking forward to this season because I know it’s going to be much better than the last one.”

The subtle dig alludes to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick’s spells as manager last season.

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Solskjaer and Rangnick failed to get a tune out of the squad and United limped over the finish line in sixth.

Shaw also didn’t see eye-to-eye with former United boss Jose Mourinho, who he says is obsessed with him.

Mourinho was a regular critic of Shaw.

The Special One criticised Shaw for his “dramatically bad” and “poor” set-pieces in the 1-0 Euro 2020 group stage win over Czech Republic.

Shaw, 25, said: “There is no hiding that we didn’t get on. It is time to move on. I am trying to move on but, obviously, he can’t.

“Hopefully he can find his peace with that and finally move and stop worrying about me. Clearly I am in his head a lot and he clearly thinks about me a lot.

“I don’t really understand it, to be honest. I don’t know why he is still going on and wanting to point at me. I don’t feel like the set pieces were as bad as he was saying.

“I might have done one in the second half, a corner that didn’t get over the first man.

“But that was one out of three. The other two or three, I don’t think, were as ‘dramatically bad’ as he says. Look, he has got to do his job. He has got his opinion.

“I am used to him saying negative stuff about me now, so I just pass it by. I leave it be, I ignore it. I just focus on what the coaching staff say here, what Gareth says and that’s that, really.”