Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag can learn from Jose Mourinho 'mistake' with Luke Shaw

Luke Shaw endured a love-hate relationship with Jose Mourinho during their time together at Old Trafford and the advice he later received from his old Manchester United manager can help successor Erik ten Hag discover his best plan to revive the England defender with a World Cup in Qatar looming.

Schooled at the famed Southampton academy, Shaw was technically well-versed on what life at United might be like and yet - eight years on from that high-profile arrival - has been presented with more set-backs and challenges than would have been anticipated from, then, a teenage player with the world at his feet.

Serious injuries along the way have not helped and then, with Mourinho at the helm, Shaw was subject to what is, depending on your stance, some 'questionable' treatment. It seemed for a while that he might not live up to his full potential and then Euro 2020 rolled around.

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At that stage, Shaw was in tip-top form at United and had that smile back on his face with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in charge, so much so that he so nearly inspired England to immortality beneath the famous Wembley arch. As things turned out, though, more heartache set in for the national team.

However, the moment conjured up by Shaw against Italy - before England were painfully beaten on penalties - was not lost on Mourinho. His comments were quite surprising at the time, but also offered rationale for his dealing with Shaw and how Ten Hag might be best served to treat the 27-year-old moving forward.

Speaking about the player on talkSPORT, as the dust settled last July, Mourinho said: "People think I don't like Luke Shaw. I have to say, [he had an] amazing tournament and a fantastic final. No defensive