SUMMARY
- Luke Shaw is crucial player in the current Manchester United squad who provides a balance between defensive and attacking attributes.
- Injuries have been a recurring issue in Luke Shaw's soccer career.
Luke Shaw remains a pivotal figure in the current Manchester United squad. The 28-year-old enables his team to strike a balance between the defensive and attacking attributes on the field. As a left-back, he is very agile in getting back and doing his defensive duties. However, possesses a similar adept in pressing forward and linking with attacking players.
In his club career with Manchester United, Luke Shaw has so far played a sum of 275 matches. In these outings, he has managed to register a tally of four goals and 29 assists. He made his debut on the international stage for England in March 2014, having played 31 games for his country so far.
However, injuries have been a pressing issue in Shaw’s soccer career till now. Whenever the defender seems in a good knick of form, an injury concern from out of nowhere seems to halt his on-field progress. Manchester United seems to be a more complete team when he is out there on the pitch representing them.
Matches missed by Luke Shaw in his career so far due to injury worries
As per the recent reports, Manchester United’s hierarchy fears that the left-back Luke Shaw might miss out on any further playing action this season after recent leg injury concerns. If this turns out to be the situation indeed, this would be a shame for the club and Shaw himself as things have just started to move in the positive direction for the Red Devils.
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As per the numbers reported, the England international has so far missed a notable sum of 214 matches in his career for United due to different injuries. The player has missed these matches due to a total of 23 injury concerns. It has kept him out for about 1008 days from the playing action.
Luke Shaw’s horrific ‘double fracture’ injury in a Champions League outing
Luke Shaw went on to suffer a horrific injury during Manchester United’s one of the Champions League outings in the season 2015-2016. The defender suffered the injury blow when the Red Devils faced the Dutch side PSV Eindhoven in the prestigious competition.
As per the reports, Shaw suffered a ‘double fracture’ on one of his legs. The left-back tripped upon an opponent’s player and fell awkwardly on the ground while running with the ball. The injury remains one of the most significant blows suffered by the 28-year-old in his career till now. It kept him out of action for 288 days, missing about 64 games for club and country.
