{"id":7535,"date":"2025-07-13T21:19:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T21:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/7535\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T21:19:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T21:19:04","slug":"man-united-fans-are-stunned-by-31m-stars-transformation-in-pre-season-training-amorim-changed-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/7535\/","title":{"rendered":"Man United fans are stunned by \u00a331m star&#8217;s transformation in pre-season training, &#8216;Amorim changed him&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Manchester United are one week into their pre-season training and already fans are getting stuck into the footage from Carrington.<\/p>\n<p>Last week saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/every-man-utd-player-who-attended-first-day-of-pre-season-2025-at-carrington-including-notable-absentees\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester United players return to Carrington<\/a> over two phases, with many international players afforded a few extra days of rest.<\/p>\n<p>But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/ruben-amorim\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ruben Amorim<\/a> now has his full squad available to train ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/manchester-united-add-leeds-to-pre-season-schedule-fans-happy-ahead-of-return-to-stadium-where-they-lifted-europa-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first pre-season friendly against Leeds United<\/a> on July 19. Following that, the Red Devils jet out for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/man-united-pre-season-tour-2025-fixtures-dates-kick-off-times-and-how-to-watch\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pre-season tour of the United States<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Summer signing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/matheus-cunha-pictured-taking-part-in-first-man-utd-training-session-hes-already-impressed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matheus Cunha has impressed in training<\/a>, with the \u00a362.5m arrival looking sharp on the training pitch already.<\/p>\n<p>But fans have also noticed players looking much, much leaner than they have in previous summers, especially when it comes to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/luke-shaw\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luke Shaw<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"697\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2214583095-1024x697.jpg\" alt=\"Manchester United FC v West Ham United FC - Premier League\" class=\"wp-image-270524\" \/>Photo by Catherine Ivill \u2013 AMA\/Getty ImagesMan United fans impressed by Luke Shaw transformation<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/luke-shaws-injury-history-at-man-utd-is-nothing-short-of-insane-hes-missed-more-than-250-games\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shaw\u2019s injury record<\/a> has unfortunately been a big talking point ever since his \u00a331m move to Manchester in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The now 30-year-old has been in and out of the treatment room every season spent at Old Trafford, but there is no denying he is a brilliant talent when fit.<\/p>\n<p>It is now down to Amorim and his staff to keep Shaw fit, and fans are already impressed with his physique just a few days into pre-season.<\/p>\n<p>After seeing photos of Shaw in training, one fan wrote: \u201cNever seen him this lean\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Another wrote: \u201cLuke Shaw looking like the 2014 version of himself\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>A third fan claimed: \u201cAmorim changed him for the better\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Amorim changed him for the better<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f (@Stepoversmaster) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Stepoversmaster\/status\/1944377848128754032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 13, 2025<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p>One fan tipped Shaw to impress at centre-back this season: \u201cI think Shaw really gonna pull it off as LCB this season. Been very good during the adjustment in last season when he plays. And his contract is about to be off so he\u2019s definitely gonna work for that again like before\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I think Shaw really gonna pull it off as LCB this season. Been very good during the adjustment in last season when he plays. And his contract is about to be off so he definitely gonna work for that again like before \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dako \u2604\ufe0f (@hansrisco) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hansrisco\/status\/1942833501994377715?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 9, 2025<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p>Another fan tipped Shaw to impress as a left wing-back in Amorim\u2019s system \u2013 \u201cShaw especially, there\u2019s 0 chance we are gonna be able to sell him so might as well get behind him and just pray for an injury-free season. Seen his potential for England playing at Lwb in the euros final.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Shaw especially, there\u2019s 0 chance we are gonna be able to sell him so might aswell get behind him and just pray for an injury free season. Seen his potential for England playing at Lwb in the euros final.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kilby\u269c\ufe0f\ud83c\uddfe\ud83c\uddea (@Jimb0k19) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jimb0k19\/status\/1942660218120470811?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 8, 2025<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p> Luke Shaw must prove himself to Ruben Amorim this season<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/luke-shaw-sends-cryptic-message-after-man-utds-europa-league-final-defeat-something-is-not-right\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shaw had a game to forget in the Europa League final<\/a>, and directly afterwards he hinted that players must decide whether they are good enough to stay at the club \u2013 himself included.<\/p>\n<p>Towards the end of the season, Amorim put his faith in Shaw and started him in several games as a left-sided centre-back.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/luke-shaw-centre-back-stats-show-how-well-he-played-in-stand-in-role\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shaw has stood out as a centre-back<\/a>, and many believe he is better suited to the position than a physically demanding wing-back role.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/opinion\/all-eyes-are-on-man-utd-stars-first-real-test-of-pre-season-training-ruben-amorim-needs-major-hurdle-to-be-cleared\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">All eyes are on Man Utd star\u2019s first \u2018real test\u2019 of pre-season training, Ruben Amorim needs major hurdle to be cleared<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But with youngsters such as Leny Yoro, Ayden Heaven and Tyler Fredricson trying to work their way into the starting line-up \u2013 and with Lisandro Martinez returning in 2026 \u2013 Shaw is not guaranteed a spot.<\/p>\n<p>He, like almost every member of Amorim\u2019s squad, has a lot to prove in 2025\/26. But it seems from his physique this summer that he is up to the challenge.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United are one week into their pre-season training and already fans are getting stuck into the footage&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[7792,7793,7794,403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-7535","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-luke-shaw","9":"tag-pre-season","10":"tag-ruben-amorim","11":"tag-soccer","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}