Manchester United paid a whopping £30million for the 19-year-old full back this summer, which at the time, was a world record transfer fee for a teenager. Ironically, that record was previously held by Wayne Rooney.
And now, Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed that the Red Devils tried to buy the youngster at 16!
‘The signing of (Luke) Shaw was the one we tried to get when he was 16 years of age,’ Ferguson told MUTV.
‘They wouldn’t sell him to us but they always said we’d be first to know if they ever did.
‘Of course, Ed Woodward has carried that through and we got him for, I think it was £30m.
‘He’s a talented boy, a good footballer who likes to get forward all the time.’
The youngster worked his way up through the youth ranks at Southampton, and is now part of the England setup. With a fair amount of competition at left-back, he will be looking for a good season ahead to cement a place in Roy Hodgson’s national team.
With only a couple of first team appearances so far this season due to injury, Shaw will be hoping to repay the Old Trafford club with a sustained run in the side.
Written by Michael Horne
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