Luke Shaw is able to battle for his place within the Manchester United aspect after welcoming the arrival of left-back Alex Telles.
The Brazilian was one in every of 4 deadline day additions for United and he’ll present competitors for Shaw at left-back as soon as he returns from worldwide responsibility.
United signed Telles from Porto for £15.4million and the 27-year-old is anticipated to problem Shaw for a job in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s aspect.
Shaw known as for better power in depth within the squad after the opening day defeat to Crystal Palace, however he now finds his personal spot beneath stress after United’s late procuring spree.
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However the former Southampton left-back sees the competitors as a bonus and plans to boost his personal sport to make it tougher for Solskjaer to go away him out.
“Competitors for any group is a should,” he informed the United web site. “There may be competitors for each single spot and also you’ve bought to be prepared for it, work arduous and provides the supervisor a choice tougher than what he’s needed to make earlier than.
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“Like I stated, competitors could be very wholesome for the squad, it’ll push everybody much more as a result of everybody needs to play.”
Shaw will hope to retain his place for Saturday’s journey to Newcastle and after the humiliation of the 6-1 defeat to Tottenham earlier than the worldwide break he’s decided to make amends within the north east.
“It [Saturday’s match] is one all of us wish to play in. All of us hoped it could be a bit earlier, to be trustworthy, because the final sport wasn’t good,” he stated.
“We’ve had a number of time to suppose and work and be prepared for this. We have to win it. It’s a must-win sport and we wish to put issues proper. We’ve bought crucial video games developing. Everyone seems to be wanting ahead to working arduous so we’re going to be prepared for it.”
