The 29-year-old Manchester United left-back Luke · Shaw has returned to Carrington's grass for individual training, meaning he is one step closer to a return, but the exact date of his return remains unclear. The England left-back last featured for Manchester United in February.
In United's 2-1 win over Luton Town in February, Luke · Shaw retired injured at half-time for the second game in a row and has not featured for the club since. Shortly after the game, the club confirmed that he would be out for the rest of the season after a long period of time due to a muscle injury. The stats show that he missed a total of 37 games in all competitions.
However, when Luke · Shaw represented England at Euro 2024 in the summer, Red Devils fans were indignant. Especially a few weeks after the start of the final, Luke · Shaw returned to Carlington and was injured again!
Eight games have been played in the Premier League, and United have not had a single game with a true left-back, starting Portugal with a cameo at right wing-back Diogu · Darlow, and the last two games have been replaced by Argentina centre-backs Lisandro · Martinez.
Luke · Shaw was finally seen training outside on Thursday but was still far away from the rest of the squad and will be able to make his debut for United in eight months will depend on what happens after that. His rival Terrell · Malacia has been back in training for several weeks and has not yet been able to make the squad.
According to rumours in the British media, the 25-year-old is expected to return in October, and he is most likely to be in Ten Hag's range of selections, which could be the Carabao Cup fifth round match against Leicester City at home on October 30.
Of the top 100 players in today's football United Kingdom 442 magazine, only Bruno· Fernandes and Luke · Shaw were selected. Among them, Luke · Shaw is ranked 86th and is rated as one of the best left-backs in the Premier League, but his injury has also been highlighted. B Fee is ranked 60th, the opposite of Luke · Shaw, who is an iron man who is almost uninjured.
Luke · Shaw have been injured and United are considering a new left-back, with 21-year-old Alvaro Spain· Fernandes · Carreras, who were only sold to Benfica for €6 million this summer, are seen as favourites. Manchester United have a €20 million clause to buy back the new Marcelo, but whether it can be realized depends on the player's own choice. One rumours suggest that United promised him when they sold Affee that the buyback was not just a mere cosmetic clause and that the club might indeed activate it in the future as long as it performed well.
Asked this week if he would like to return to Manchester United, Fernandes responded: "I only think about Benfica, I only focus on what I do here. I'm going to try to keep it at the same level as I am and try to help the team as much as possible. I'm just a normal player in the team. We didn't score enough goals in the Champions League and goals are really important to win. We planned everything and Feyenoord's style of play didn't surprise us. We know their style, which is to counter-attack quickly, but like I said, let's look to the future and think about the next game, which is Sunday.'
Manchester United had 17-year-old England left-back Harry · Armas on the bench in the Europa League tie with Fenerbahce, but in the end, Ten Hag never gave the youngster, known as the 'Luke · Shaw', a chance to make his senior debut.