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Manchester United legend Peter Schmeichel says Luke Shaw should ‘focus’ on the club rather than his country.
The left-back has been ruled out for up to six weeks after sustaining a calf injury in training.
Shaw, 29, hasn’t played for the club since injuring his hamstring in early February.
The defender was on course to feature in the FA Cup final in May, before suffering a setback in training.
Despite his troubles, an injured Shaw was taken to the European Championships.
He featured in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, before starting in the final defeat to Spain.
Shaw’s calf injury is unconnected to the hamstring injury that he was carrying when he was selected for Euro 2024.
But Schmeichel says the defender should have focused on regaining full fitness with the Red Devils instead of going to the Euros, which he feels has contributed to the latest injury.
‘The one thing I have to say that really gets me and annoys me as a Manchester United fan is that Luke Shaw did not play since February for United and yet he still went to the Euros,’ Schmeichel told BBC Radio 5 Live.
“He wasn’t playing in the group phase and I think he came in for the quarter-final, played some of the semi and then started the final.
Now he’s injured again. He is so important because he has experience, he is a top-class left-back.
“He is a Manchester United player, we pay him. He should be focusing on and prioritising Manchester United and not his country.
“If you’re fit and you’ve been playing and all that and go to the Euros, no problem. But he wasn’t.
“I was so hoping Luke Shaw to be fit for this season because he is so important. I was hoping we could come out with the back of the team the strongest that it could be, to stop conceding goals – easy goals – because that was, for me, a really big problem last season.”
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