Erik ten Hag insists there is no issue between him and Manchester United defender Raphael Varane amid the centre-half's curious lack of playing time. Varane has started in only one of United's last seven games and Ten Hag selected the 35-year-old Jonny Evans over Varane against Sheffield United, Manchester City, Fulham and Copenhagen.
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22.10.2023 - 04:31 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The future had looked bright for Ryan Shawcross at Manchester United.
He had been part of an Academy side which included the likes of future stars Giuseppe Rossi, Gerard Pique and Jonny Evans and hopes were high the youngsters could eventually provide a strong core for the senior side for years to come. It was a youth side that also featured Darron Gibson, Fraizer Campbell and Danny Simpson, who wracked up dozens of Premier League appearances between them - though most of them were not for United.
Shawcross had joined the United Academy at the age of nine, eventually making his debut against Crewe Alexandra in the League Cup in 2006. He was farmed out to Royal Antwerp and Stoke City, later joining the Potters on a permanent deal.
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It was a move the defender had to push hard for, though, as his insistence on leaving for first-team football led to legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson banishing him from first-team training.
"I was offered a new four-year contract to stay at United," Shawcross told StokeonTrentLive in 2020. "But I didn’t see a pathway through to the first team. I just wanted to play first-team football and wanted to sign for Stoke, so I was then banished to train on my own at United before eventually signing for Stoke.
"I was absolutely terrified of him (Ferguson), to be honest. Everyone was. But he was an unbelievable man-manager, and I put so much down to him and the people at Man United. Not only is it one of the biggest clubs in the world, it has huge standards off the pitch too, and that’s something I am massively into – always have been."
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