Erik ten Hag makes Luke Shaw injury admission as wait for Manchester United return goes on

Left-back Shaw has not played for his nine since being substituted astatine half-time successful successive Premier League matches against Aston Villa and Luton backmost successful February, having been sidelined for months with a hamstring problem.

Former England brag Gareth Southgate inactive included the 29-year-old successful his last squad for Euro 2024, with his fittingness becoming a cardinal storyline amid the Three Lions’ tally to the last successful Germany, where, having missed the archetypal 4 games, helium made substitute appearances successful some the quarter-finals and semi-finals earlier starting the decision by Spain.

Shaw aboriginal returned for pre-season grooming astatine United, but past suffered a calf injury. The nine said astatine the clip that helium was moving to beryllium backmost aft the archetypal planetary interruption of the run successful September.

Shaw has missed each of United’s 7 games truthful acold this term, with Diogo Dalot - chiefly a right-back - filling successful connected the near broadside of defence with caller signing from Bayern Munich Noussair Mazraoui connected the right.

Shaw’s erstwhile understudy, Dutch left-back Tyrell Malacia, has not played for United since the last time of the 2022/23 play but is bidding to instrumentality from his wounded nightmare soon.

Addressing the media up of United’s opening crippled successful the new-look Europa League against his erstwhile nine FC Twente astatine Old Trafford connected Wednesday night, Ten Hag expressed anticipation that Shaw would inactive instrumentality during this artifact of games arsenic planned but admitted that helium could stay sidelined done adjacent month’s 2nd planetary break.

"I deliberation it's astir apt (before the break) but I can't accidental I'm 100 per cent sure," Ten Hag said.

"The program is conscionable to beryllium backmost earlier but arsenic I accidental I can't accidental this 100 per cent for sure. It tin besides beryllium soon aft the break."