It's been over a year since Luke Shaw started a game of football for Manchester United.
Shaw last started for United against Luton Town on February 18, 2024 and, unfortunately, he's spent more time in the Carrington treatment room than on the pitch in the last 12 months.
Nobody will be more gutted than Shaw, but his body is fragile and moving him on in the summer window might make sense. Shaw has two years remaining on his contract and he celebrates his 30th birthday in July.
If Shaw's fitness was guaranteed, it wouldn't even cross the mind of United's decision-makers to offload him, but his injury record speaks for itself and he won't become more robust in his 30s.
It's a great shame that Shaw's last year has unfolded as it has. He was exceptional for large parts of Erik ten Hag's tenure and was a revelation when he played at centre-back. Shaw's quality has never been in question, but his failure to say fit has become impossible to ignore.
Once Shaw picked up a muscle injury against Luton last year, he was absent for the remainder of the season and then represented England at the European Championship in Germany.
However, Shaw picked up a training injury when he reported for pre-season in Manchester and made his first appearance of the current campaign against Ipswich Town on November 24.
That was Ruben Amorim's first game in charge and Shaw subsequently made another two appearances from the bench against Bodo/Glimt and Everton, only to pick up another "minor" injury.
That "minor" injury kept Shaw out of action throughout December and January, and he now hasn't started a game for United in 369 days.
"It's hurting a lot having to write this as I really thought I had got through my recent struggles and was on a positive
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