Man Utd’s Shaw backs Amorim’s challenge of ‘toxic’ dressing room

Luke Shaw says the ambiance successful the Manchester United dressing country has been ‘quite toxic’.

Manchester United defender Luke Shaw has backed manager Ruben Amorim’s uncompromising attack to amended standards successful the dressing room, arguing the ambiance had been “quite toxic” astatine times.

Amorim took complaint astatine struggling United successful November and demanded much committedness from the squad. He besides froze retired cardinal figures similar Marcus Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho, who were among 5 players seeking to exit the nine successful the adjacent season.

“A batch of the clip I’ve been present implicit the past fewer years it’s been highly negative,” Shaw, a United subordinate since 2014, said successful an interrogation with the BBC published connected Wednesday.

“It tin beryllium rather toxic. The environment, it’s not steadfast astatine all. … We request an situation that’s healthy, that’s positive, that’s got bully vigor and happiness. When you person each those things, you consciousness free, and you explicit yourself more.

“Ruben brings demands. Mentality is simply a large thing. He talks a batch astir it. … He demands 100 percent and doesn’t privation thing less. If someone’s doing 85 to 90 percent, it’s not enough. I think, particularly this year, if you’re not doing the close things, you won’t play.”

Luke Shaw, centre, joined Manchester United successful 2014, a twelvemonth aft the club’s past Premier League rubric [Jason Cairnduff/Reuters]

Amorim was uncompromising arsenic helium questioned Rashford’s enactment rate, saying helium would alternatively person the goalkeeper manager connected the transportation than half-hearted players.

Rashford has joined Barcelona connected indebtedness portion British media reports person linked Garnacho with a determination to Chelsea oregon Aston Villa.

“The manager’s not bothered. He doesn’t attraction who the subordinate is. That’s however it should be. Whatever helium wants, arsenic players, we person to beryllium delivering, and we are afloat down that,” Shaw said.

United, who finished 15th past play and mislaid the Europa League last to Tottenham Hotspur, statesman their caller run astatine location against Arsenal connected August 17.

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