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Man Utd legend Neville: Shaw best left-back in England

Manchester United legend and Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville believes Luke Shaw is England's best left back.

Shaw has completed a remarkable resurgence to his career this season, emerging as one of his team's best players.

Not only is he reliable defensively, but Shaw is also one of the team's best creative players.

He scored the second goal in a 2-0 win over Manchester City on Sunday.

Neville told Sky Sports: “He's been outstanding this season for United. A Luke Shaw (that is) fit, a Luke Shaw (that is) physically good, a Luke Shaw (that is) confident is the best left back in the country, in my opinion.

“But all those three things being combined at once has probably only happened at certain points in his career. And that's been a problem for him. But certainly this is the best period he has had.

“We've seen him in the last week or two go down in a couple of games like he's just on the edge a little bit. And that would worry me if I was Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. I just think how they handle him in the next few weeks is important."

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