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Jose Mourinho's pointless machismo in Shaw, Jones and Smalling treatment

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Jose Mourinho is mishandling Manchester United's injured players, says ESPN FC's Steve Nicol.

"I think Luke Shaw's must be a big injury," said Jose Mourinho after Manchester United's latest underwhelming result, a 1-1 draw against Swansea last Sunday. "To leave the pitch after 10 minutes I am expecting a very big injury."

Depending on how you treat the context, you could view this as an expression of concern for a hurt player. But knowing what we know about the often prickly public relationship between Shaw and Mourinho, we can safely assume this was another example of the United manager's passive-aggression towards a player he seems suspicious of.