Jose Mourinho has been very critical of Luke Shaw this season, both with words and actions, with the belief that the young defender is not working hard enough.

Mourinho has singled Shaw out for blame and has left him out of matchday squads all together, even when the player isn’t suffering from injury, instead promoting players like Matty Willock from the academy to the bench.

Shaw has today revealed that a meeting with the manager has galvanised him like never before to do better.

The criticism was very hard but I’ve had it before. But this time around I dealt with it better.

When I first came to United there was a lot of discussion about me and that was hard, it was something that was new to me. I was used to positive feedback and comments in the media but coming to United everything changed, there was negativity.

I took that badly and it knocked me down a bit but this time I’ve come back wanting to fight and I want to prove everyone wrong.

At the end of my meeting with the manager I said ‘I’m going to prove you wrong’. I believe and want to do that, not just for myself but for the fans that have been behind me and supported me through this time.

I can see the light at the end of the tunnel and I want to push for the best from me. I wished the season wasn’t coming to an end, I wish it was the start, because I want to play games and games and hopefully I can keep giving good performances and keep my spot in the team and push for the Europa League and top four.