Manchester United have confirmed that
Luke Shaw suffered a double leg fracture in the Champions League clash against
PSV Eindhoven.
The incident occurred 15 minutes into
the 2-1 defeat when left-back Shaw made a surging run into the PSV box and
Mexican defender Hector Moreno caught his standing leg as he attempted to poke
the ball past him.
The game was stopped for almost 10
minutes as United's medical staff attended to the stricken 20-year-old and they
gave him oxygen before very carefully putting him onto a stretcher.
United confirmed after the match that
Shaw had suffered a double fracture to his right leg and would return to
Manchester on Wednesday to undergo an operation.
Former United striker Dwight Yorke
was in the Sky Sports News HQ studio and he feels the injury is a
massive setback for both the United and England.
"It is such a saddening thing
for Luke Shaw because he has been absolutely outstanding from Manchester
United's point of view," Yorke said.
"There were question marks about
his fitness, about his commitment to being one of the top players but he has
come back and proven himself to a lot of people this season.
"This [is] a massive blow not
only for Manchester United but for England as well. This is a terrible thing to
happen to the young lad."
The England international had been
one of United's standout players this season after spending the summer getting
himself into peak physical condition.
Marcos Rojo, who replaced Shaw at the
Philips Stadion, is likely to be a long-term replacement for Shaw at
United this season.
Shortly after suffering the injury,
Shaw thanked the well-wishers who sent him notes of support via his Twitter
account.
He wrote: "Thank you everyone for your messages, words can't describe
how gutted I am, my road to recovery starts now, I will come back
stronger."
The match was stopped for almost 10 minutes as Shaw was
attended to
His former club Southampton told Shaw to "come back stronger", to
which he replied: "thank you, you don't know how much you as a club mean
to me, thank you so much I really appreciate it."
Shaw's team-mate Adnan Januzaj, currently on loan at Borussia Dortmund,
wrote on Twitter: "Horrible to see what happened ... I wish u all the best
my brother and stay strong you will comeback even stronger ...
@LukeShaw23"
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