The Red Devils trumped Chelsea in the race for the
Southampton and England left-back after offering a
five-year contract worth an astonishing £40 million
overall
Luke Shaw has agreed personal terms in principle
with Manchester United on a deal worth an
astonishing £160,000-a-week, HonestyTv™ can reveal.
The England defender, who does not turn 19 until
July, will become the highest-paid teenager in
world football when he completes his move from
Southampton to Old Trafford.
HonestyTv understands that Chelsea pulled out of the
race to sign Shaw when they became aware of the
£8 million-a-year, five-year contract offer that he
had received from United.
Manager Jose Mourinho is a big admirer of the 18-
year-old and is in the market for a left-back after
releasing Ashley Cole but the Blues felt that they
had been priced out of a move for the Saints
youngster.
United made a £27m bid for Shaw at the end of the
recently completed domestic season and, although
the offer was not accepted, the fee is not blocking
the sale.
Southampton will not allow Shaw, Liverpool-bound
Adam Lallana or any of their other players to leave
St Mary's Stadium until a new manager is
appointed.
Nevertheless, Shaw has made it clear to the Saints
hierarchy that he wants to move to Old Trafford
and there are not expected to be any hitches to
him becoming a United player and being the first of
a number of big-money United signings this
summer.
The staggeringly lucrative deal handed to a
teenager who will have to fight with Patrice Evra
for a starting spot at Old Trafford next season
under new boss Louis van Gaal is regarded as a
huge statement of intent by United following their
worst-ever Premier League season. It demonstrates the lengths to which the Glazer
family will go to capture Europe's best young
players and restore United to a position of
eminence both at home and abroad.
Shaw is a member of the England squad that starts
their World Cup campaign against Italy on
Saturday but he is expected to lose out to
Leighton Baines for the left-back berth and start
the competition on the substitutes' bench.
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