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A year ago, Mourinho publicly criticised a then 21-year-old Luke Shaw, saying “I cannot compare the way he trains and commits, the focus, the ambition. He is a long way behind”. Things haven’t improved much, judging by the comments the Portuguese made after the substituting the England left-back at half-time in the FA Cup game against Brighton.

There have been subsequent reports of unhappiness in the dressing room at Old Trafford and a host of ex-pros – including United legend Gary Neville – have come out in support of Shaw, who will surely be on his way in the summer. It’s not the first time Mourinho has hung one of his own out to dry in the media, though, as these nine examples prove.