Tottenham fans will wish £40m swap deal for Luke Shaw had gone ahead

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Luke Shaw arrived back on the international scene with a bang yesterday evening. He started for England against Spain and put in a solid display at left wing-back for his nation.

His performance even included an assist. His perfectly weighted pass was left on a plate for Marcus Rashford to fire home the opening goal of the game. England went on to lose 2-1. Shaw’s game was unfortunately cut short after a head injury he is thankfully recovering from.

The left-back is looking to have a resurgent season after years of injury trouble and has played every minute of Manchester United’s season so far.

The turnaround is more impressive when considering Jose Mourinho was ready to give up on him. One team that were said to be keen when rumours of an exit rumbled were Tottenham Hotspur.

As reported by talkSPORT, Tottenham were interested in letting Shaw’s replacement last night Danny Rose head to Manchester United, with Shaw heading the other way in a £40 million deal.

Based on performances so far this season, Tottenham fans will wish such a deal went through.

Rose has fallen foul of Tottenham in recent times and Ben Davies’ form has recently hit a slump.

Shaw, who Mauricio Pochettino knows from his time at Southampton, could have been the perfect replacement and would have suited Tottenham’s attacking style with ease.

It’s a deal that could easily have happened and, in Tottenham’s eyes, would have made perfect sense.