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Stephen Killen

Luke Shaw makes 'dangerous' Jadon Sancho prediction that can solve key Manchester United problem

Manchester United defender Luke Shaw insists that his partnership with Jadon Sancho can rectify a glaring problem and make the team "even more dangerous."

The Reds have struggled to capitalise on their creativity in recent weeks as Saturday saw them relinquish a lead and settle for a draw for the third successive game across all competitions.

Jadon Sancho last time out against Southampton opened his account at Old Trafford with his composed finish from six yards, his first goal since the draw at Chelsea in November.

Shaw believes his partnership with Sancho, he is thriving on the left flank, is key to improving United's attacking threat, and revealed the squad are in regular communication over improving the issue.

"The whole team talks about things in that sense. We have a lot of different conversations on what we feel is best in a game," he told United Review.

"I am really good friends with Jadon, so it's easy to talk to him.

"At the moment he's playing in front of me so we do have a lot of conversations on what he wants and what he wants me to do and what I want him to do.

"At the moment things are working well, but there's still more for us to do on that side to make us even more dangerous."

In recent weeks, the former Borussia Dortmund playmaker has begun to show glimpses of the quality that earned him his big-money move to Old Trafford in the summer.

And Shaw has lavished praise on the 21-year-old.

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He continued: "He’s a wonderful footballer. When you come here it’s not easy at the start – I know that personally.

"Now he’s starting to find his feet a bit more and that’s really showing in the way he’s playing, especially in the last few games.

"He’s starting to excel, he’s getting on the ball more and dribbling well, and doing what he was doing at Dortmund. He’s only going to get better and better.

"At the moment I’m enjoying playing with him and I’m really happy for him because he had a tough time at the start.

"He’s going to be a world-class player and he’s got so much talent. He just needs to keep working hard, keep working on the abilities he has and be a real asset for this club."

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