Manchester United star Luke Shaw believes he is in the best physical and mental condition of his life and is ready to seize his chance to become an established name in the team.

With his career at Old Trafford seemingly all but over at the start of the campaign, Shaw stormed back into Jose Mourinho's plans with a man-of-the-match display against CSKA Moscow in early December.

He has since started six of Manchester United's last nine games, but according to the man himself, his exceptional display in the Champions League tie had been a long time coming.

Luke Shaw says he is in the best physical shape of his career at Manchester United right now

The 22-year-old says he had been building his way back up to his peak level in the weeks leading up to the match and now feels as though he is ready to kick on and restart his Manchester United career in earnest.

On his performance against CSKA, he said: 'I've always - especially recently - felt really confident, and I knew I was in a good moment fitness-wise with the work I'd been doing. And I knew when my chance would come I'd be ready.

'It was really nice to be recognised by the fans in that game and from there I wanted to build on that performance and now it's been four or five full games I've had and I just want to kick on now. I'm not looking back, I'm only looking forward.'

The defender, pictured playing against Bristol City, is back in Jose Mourinho's first-team plans

Shaw had initially started life at Manchester United well following a £27million move from Southampton in 2014, but his career was brought to a standstill with a broken leg suffered a year after his arrival.

The horror injury took almost a year to recover from, but Shaw believes he is now better off for the experience and says the mental resilience gained from the injury has made it all worth while.

He added: 'A bad injury like I had always stays with you a little bit afterwards but it's in the past and I feel really good and really fit, and my leg feels perfect.

'Body-wise and fitness-wise I probably feel the best I've ever felt. Mentally I feel very strong as well and I'm enjoying my football, and it's now about pushing on and helping the team.'