Get the latest United updates, transfer news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free There is no truer gauge of a footballer's popularity than the reception they receive from matchgoers.
With the return of 10,000 fans through the Old Trafford turnstiles last week, Luke Shaw was treated to rapturous ovations by those back in the Stretford End and the Scoreboard End.
The greetings for Shaw as he prepared to take corners were not disimilar to the cheerleading reserved for David Beckham following his fateful flick at the 1998 World Cup.
Shaw has enjoyed his best season yet for United and those supporters will have also appreciated his stand against the Super League, articulately expressed in a statement hours before its
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