Manchester United ready ‘to prove a point’ after ‘embarrassing’ 2018/19 season, says Luke Shaw

After an encouraging pre-season under manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, which has seen United win all their friendlies and add Harry Maguire to their ranks, Shaw believes the club has discovered a new-found sense of ‘hunger’

Luke Shaw believes Manchester United are ready “to prove a point” after an “embarrassing” 2018/19 campaign.

The 24-year-old was named United’s player of the year in a season where United once again failed to deliver on the domestic and European stage as they toiled to sixth in the Premier League.

In spite of the end-of-season accolade, Shaw has since admitted that it offered little consolation given his side’s poor season in comparison to their English rivals.

“From a personal point of view, it was a better season than I have had for a while but I still think I can do much better,” Shaw told Sky Sports.

“I didn’t really feel like anyone deserved the player-of-the-year award because of the season we had as a team.

“There is more to come from me and everyone needs to be better because last season was somewhere near embarrassing.

“It hurt even more that there were so many English teams around us who were playing in finals and had done well while we were just on holiday.”

But after an encouraging pre-season under manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, which has seen United win all their friendlies and add Harry Maguire to their ranks, Shaw believes the club has discovered a new-found sense of “hunger”.

“It has been much harder than we have had before,” he said. “We have worked very hard and all taken it in a positive way. Now we are all benefiting from it massively.

“We feel good and fresh. The players seem more energetic. I look at my team-mates and I feel like I see more hunger in them than last season. Everyone wants to prove a point.”

United kick off their season with a home tie against rivals Chelsea on Sunday.