England players ‘love’ Southgate, says fit-again Shaw

Luke Shaw is baffled by disapproval of Gareth Southgate and says nan England players “love him”.

Southgate has travel nether occurrence for immoderate sub-standard displays from nan Three Lions during Euro 2024 but has still guided nan squad to a 3rd semi-final successful nan past 4 awesome tournaments.

Shaw, who made his comeback pursuing a hamstring wounded successful Saturday’s punishment shoot-out triumph complete Switzerland, is successful contention for a starting spot successful Wednesday’s last-four conflict pinch nan Netherlands.

Asked astir Southgate, nan Manchester United left-back said: “I don’t understand nan criticism. What he’s done for nan state and america players, he’s taken america to nan adjacent level. No head has been arsenic successful arsenic he has recently.

“Us players emotion him, he’s precisely what we need. He allows america to spell retired connected nan transportation and beryllium our best. He’s shown a batch of religion and spot successful picking me.”

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Shaw not a bully watcher

Shaw admitted nan past fewer months had been difficult and said he had been pushed to activity moreover harder by having to watch England’s first 4 games successful Germany from nan sidelines.

“The past 4 months person been really tough,” he added. “At nan start, I was expected to travel backmost a batch sooner, but I went done a batch of setbacks. It was really bully to get connected nan different nighttime and get immoderate minutes, I’ve been itching.

“Of course, I deliberation I americium [fit and fresh to play 90 minutes], that is down to Gareth’s decision. I consciousness fresh and fresh to go.

“It’s been strange. It’s besides been difficult arsenic well, going to games, emotion nan atmosphere, not putting nan garment connected aliases being progressive successful games was hard, but that motivated maine much to activity hard.

“The ambiance successful those games spurred maine on.

“I was of people excited to travel back, but nan privilege was to thief america get backmost into nan crippled and get america through.”

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England look a reliable trial against nan Dutch

Shaw is anticipating a difficult crippled against nan Netherlands, who overcame Turkey successful nan quarterfinals connected Saturday night.

He said: “They’re a really bully team, they’re really good coached, but we conscionable request to attraction connected what we do.

“It is simply a big, large game. I deliberation it will beryllium a really bully game.

“The astir important point is winning games and getting done to nan adjacent round. Whether group for illustration it aliases not, really we’re playing, we’re winning games and we’re successful nan semi-finals.”