Manchester United have been dealt a blow with the news that their left-back looks set to be ruled out for up to six weeks with a hamstring injury.
Like Shaw, who has impressed in recent weeks, was forced off in the 67th minute of his side’s impressive 3-1 win at Goodson park over Everton on Saturday.
The England Defender was replaced by fellow countryman Youngstar Axel Tuazembe.
United boss OleGunnar Solskjaer was left fuming after the game, and blamed the loss of Luke Shaw on the hectic fixture schedule.
In an post match interview, ole claimed that the authorities had Set them up to fail. Sentiments that drew mixed reactions. Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp backed Ole’s argument.
This is after United were handed an early Lunch fixture in the opening weekend fixture having travelled miles away from a Champions league game.
And his mood is unlikely to have been improved with the latest news, with The Athletic reporting that Shaw will be missing for between four to six weeks.
It means after the international break he looks certain to be ruled out of United’s Premier League games against West Brom, Southampton and West Ham as well as the Champions League clashes with Istanbul Basaksehir and PSG.
There is reliefgood with United having new signing Alex Telles who should be available after the international break after completing his mandatory self-isolation period following his positive coronavirus test.
He will almost certainly replace Shaw at left-back, but that will come as scant consolation to Solskjaer, who slammed the quick turnaround of games at full-time at Goodison Park.
“I said to you before, I want to talk to you about the kick-off time, before the game, and this has set up the boys to fail,” Solskjaer said.
“We’ve got Luke Shaw injured today because we’ve been to Turkey, we’ve had loads of games this season already.
“And we’ve been to Turkey on Wednesday night, back Thursday morning and we’re playing Saturday, lunchtime kick-off?
“It’s an absolute shambles and I can’t praise the boys enough for that character they’ve shown. That’s all I want to talk about today.”
