Luke Shaw ‘led Man Utd inquisition’ into Super League on Ed Woodward Zoom call

Luke Shaw reportedly 'led the Manchester United inquisition' into the club's involvement in the European Super League during a zoom call with chief executive Ed Woodward.

United announced in April that they would be one of 12 founding members of the new breakaway competition that had intentions to act as an alternative to the Champions League.

Other founder members would include Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Barcelona and Real Madrid but the plans received major backlash from fans and those within the game.

Within two days of the initial announcement, United had withdrawn from the plans along with eight of the other clubs.

The Athletic now report that England left-back Shaw was at the forefront of United players' opposition to the Super League in a Zoom call with Woodward and football director John Murtough.

They report that the pair held the call in order to put forward the benefits of the new competition to the playing squad with the message: “There is going to be more information shared and there are real plus points.”

Sources close to the situation have said that Shaw believed he and his team-mates were being treated like assets as opposed to human beings.

It is understood that there was anger amongst the players due to a lack of consultation from the decision-makers at the club with regards to something that would cause a consequential shift in their professional lives.

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In response to the Super League, UEFA had threatened to ban players from the clubs involved from playing at the European Championship.

This led to additional concerns from the players over risks about their international careers, with a majority of them playing for their national teams.

In addition, many of them had dreamt of playing in the Champions League as children and the launch of the Super League would deny them of this if they stayed at United.

Sources also claim that Shaw and his teammates' opposition to the Super League contributed considerably to the decision that Woodward would step down from his role at the end of 2021.

United and the other five English clubs involved were ultimately handed a collective fine of £22million for their involvement in the plans, despite all announcing their withdrawal within two days of the announcement.

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