Luke Shaw suffered a double fracture of his right leg during Manchester United’s Champions League defeat at PSV Eindhoven. While this left the full-back in tears and will rule him out for at least six months, Louis van Gaal remains hopeful Shaw could play again this season.
The injury was caused by a reckless tackle from Héctor Moreno in the 15th minute after the 20-year-old Shaw had burst into the PSV area. He had nine minutes of treatment on the pitch and required oxygen before being taken to hospital.
Van Gaal said: “He has a double leg fracture and is in hospital. He will be transferred tomorrow or maybe a day later and then operated on in Manchester. It is awful – a boy who comes to Manchester United at 18, has it very difficult and then plays fantastically and then this happens. When it was in the dressing room he had an oxygen mask on. He was crying.
“I am not a doctor but when you have a double fracture it is six months and he will not play in the group phase. I hope he can play again this season.”
Moreno appeared fortunate to escape a red card and the concession of a spot-kick. Nicola Rizzoli, the referee, did not penalise the Mexican. Van Gaal suggested the Italian official had erred. “You can judge for yourself when I say it is a penalty and a red card. It was a very bad tackle with two legs.”
A tweet on Shaw’s account read: “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.”
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