I wanted to ask another player in his position, Luke Shaw. When the likes of [Noussair] Mazraoui and Amad go away to AFCON, do you see Luke Shaw as a possible option to play at left-wing back or will he only play centre-back for you?”Yes, he can play there. It is the load that the player does in that position is a little bit different. If you are doing that on a daily basis, he is more prepared to play in that position. Of course, he can play there, he is a smart player and he is fit at the moment, so I think it is an option.” I know you’ve been asked about anniversaries a lot recently, but on Monday it is a year since your first game. What do you remember about the build-up to that Ipswich game? Obviously you came to a new country, trying to get your players to play in a new way of playing in two or three days, it must have been very hectic?”It was [that] everything came really fast. The first thinking was about thinking the environment is completely different in the Premier League and I was excited with that. Right away I knew we would struggle with some things! But it was that feeling of, yes, this is the best league in the world. It is maybe the best club in the world, but at the same time it is a big job and it is going to require a lot of work.” When you look back at what you saw on that pitch at Portman Road a year ago, compared to what you would expect to see at Old Trafford on Monday, there must be massive differences in how the team are now playing and the way they behave?”I think we are showing that, but the important thing is that it doesn’t matter what we did in the recent games, we cannot forget that we started in that point to suffer a lot last year. We have to take that into account and to play every game like it is the last one or the first one. If you ask me, yes, I expect a team 1763746694 with more control and with more dominance, playing better football and the most important thing is we are more competitive in every way.”
















