Luke Shaw edges closer to full fitness with suffers another injury
Manchester United defender Luke Shaw Luke Shaw edges closer to full fitness but not without another injury.
He has suffered another setback on his return to full recovery from his injury spell. It’s believed that the latest problem is not devastating, and he will come back to training very soon.
Shaw hasn’t started a game for Manchester United for almost a year due to a succession of muscle injuries and has only appeared three times from the bench as a substitute under their new head coach, Ruben Amorim.
The 29-year-old England defender has suffered what has been described as a ‘minimal’ setback in his recovery and could come back to training early next week despite initial fears he faces a longer layoff.
But the concern over Shaw is understandable given that he had a ‘small setback’ after being a substitute in their match against Everton at the start of December and has been missing for the last 16 games.
Ruben Amorim needs Shaw to be fit to give him enough options at left wing-back and also on the left-hand side of his back three.
Although United bought Patrick Dorgu in the winter transfer window after paying Lecce £29.4 million for the Dane, they also allowed Tyrell Malacia to sign for PSV Eindhoven on loan for the remainder of the season.
There are also fears that Lisandro Martinez will be ruled out for a period of six months with a torn cruciate ligament after the Argentine was injured in Sunday’s 2-0 loss to Crystal Palace at Old Trafford.
Shaw remained at Carrington when United flew out to Romania for last week’s Europa League match against Steaua Bucharest, and Amorim was circumspect when discussing his return given the length of time he has been out of action.
‘It can take a little bit more time,’ said the United manager. ‘I think he needs to train more, to spend more time with his teammates playing even like normal, small-sided games, not just working alone.
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‘He stayed there (at Carrington) to make a different type of work. He’s going to get together with the team when we arrive and start from there. When I feel it is the right moment, we will start with some minutes in the games.’