Luke Shaw and Jose Mourinho clear the air after Manchester United boss’ ‘high wage demand’ jibe when Chelsea manager
JOSE MOURINHO and Luke Shaw have cleared the air over remarks the Special One made when he was in charge of Chelsea.
The Portuguese chief slammed the left back's high wage demands ahead of a prospective transfer to west London in 2014.
The 21-year-old England international chose to move to Old Trafford from Southampton rather than Chelsea in 2014 - at at the time the-then Blues manager Mourinho said Shaw would have "killed" the stability of the dressing room if he had paid "that much to a 19-year-old kid".
But Shaw came out and quashed rumours of a long-standing rift today. He said: "We spoke about it. He said it to me at first. I was just going to leave it, but he had a joke about it. There are no hard feelings.
"I just thought that I had a better chance of playing at United than at Chelsea. Patrice Evra was leaving, whereas Chelsea had a solid back four that I knew Jose liked.
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"So even though Chelsea were much closer to my home, I felt United were the better choice. I was never focused on the money. It was about football.'
Shaw suffered a horrific leg break last year but has returned with some strong showings, prompting a call up to manager Sam Allardyce's first England squad for Sunday's World Cup qualifier against Slovakia - and he is prepared to battle Danny Rose for the berth.
He added: "I watched a lot of football while I was out and I always look to see what other left backs are doing and how they play, how I can improve my own game,' he said.
"There have been a lot of good English left backs who have emerged over the past year, especially Danny Rose, who was the best in the league last season.
"I want to be playing with the best and fighting for a position against the best players."