Man Utd defender Luke Shaw fires back after Romelu Lukaku appears to tweet training data video
Romelu Lukaku incurred the wrath of Manchester United team-mate Luke Shaw on Friday night after appearing to post details of training statistics on social media.
The Belgian striker took to Twitter to issue a firm riposte to those who claim he lacks pace, seeming to reveal the results of a United pre-season test that showed him second to only Diogo Dalot (36.43kph) with a max speed of 36.25kph.
Such an action had the unintended consequence of potentially embarrassing Shaw, who appeared to finish last after Scott McTominay, Nemanja Matic and Juan Mata at 31.03kph.
The post did not go unnoticed by Shaw, who said: "They only wanted me to go 70% don’t let me start speaking on you boy."
Mata also tweeted: "Thanks for finally showing the world that I'm quicker than @LukeShaw23 bro."
Lukaku has since deleted his initial tweet.
Lukaku has yet to play a single minute for Manchester United during pre-season after injuring his ankle in Australia and being the subject of transfers talks with Serie A duo Juventus and Inter Milan.
The 26-year-old - valued by his current club at £80million - was once again omitted from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's squad to face AC Milan in Cardiff on Saturday.
Juve appeared to be the front-runners to complete a deal for Lukaku as the two clubs tried to work out the details of a possible swap involving Argentine forward Paulo Dybala.
