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“It’s also coming up against better players in training. Coming up against top-class forwards and wingers that we have inside the club definitely helps. Cry Summerville, is a nightmare to mark. He’s really sharp. For his size he’s very, very strong. I do my best to keep up with him and the other wingers. We’ve got some very sharp wingers at the club.
“And Luke Ayling is a very good and a solid defender, one v one, so he’s definitely someone who I can look to learn off, particularly defensively, which is an area I’ve looked to improve.”
Shackleton’s last performance, against Watford, was one of his best in recent memory for Leeds. It earned him praise from Bielsa and former Leeds full-back Tony Dorigo.
The youngster kept things tight defensively and looked after the ball efficiently, while trying to get forward in support of Raphinha.
Having a Brazilian international playing in front of him, particularly a winger so willing to do the other side of the game so diligently, must be any full-back’s dream, although predicting what he might do next cannot be easy.
“It’s nice to have a player of his quality who can find passes and find runs in front,” said Shackleton.
“He’s someone who also works hard for the team defensively. It makes my job easier and he’s good to play with.
“I think the more time you spend with him the more you can get used to his game. Even so, there are some passes and tricks that are still a shock and surprising to me. He’s a talented player and more than capable.”
Bielsa’s use of Shackleton has at times alternated between central midfielder and full-back, trusting the academy graduate to handle the attacking and defensive responsibilities that go with either role.
The 22-year-old is thrilled to be playing, so is hardly going to quibble over a position, but in any case you have to be versatile in this team.
“I enjoy both,” he said.
“I think in midfield you have to do both anyway and even at right-back you have to be able to do both. In both positions both sides of the game are really important to me.”
One day he might be able to definitively call himself Leeds United’s central midfielder, or Leeds United’s right-back.
This season he just wants to call himself a Leeds United player, on as many occasions as possible.
“My aim is to get as many minutes as possible, 100 per cent,” he said.
“To be on the pitch and helping the team towards winning games and finishing higher in the table is the aim.”
It’s also the dream.
https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united/jamie-shackleton-on-leeds-united-dream-his-nightmare-thorp-arch-opponent-and-raphinhas-shock-factor-3414258