Luke Shaw has thanked his well-wishers after suffering a broken tibia and fibula in Manchester United’s 2-1 defeat at PSV Eindhoven.
The United and England left-back took to Twitter less than an hour after sustaining the horrific injury.
With hundreds of messages of support flooding in – Shaw first thanked his former club Southampton before tweeting, “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.”
Football’s show of support for Shaw:
We’d like to send our best wishes to @LukeShaw23 following his injury while playing for #MUFC tonight. Come back stronger, Luke. #saintsfc
— Southampton FC (@SouthamptonFC) September 15, 2015
Fingers crossed for @LukeShaw23, get well soon
— Aaron Ramsey (@aaronramsey) September 15, 2015
The pictures look bad. Feel so sorry for #LukeShaw after he started the season so well. #getwellLuke #MUFC #PSV
— Alan Shearer (@alanshearer) September 15, 2015
Defeat hurts, but @LukeShaw23‘s injury hurts even more. We hope you come back even stronger!
— David De Gea (@D_DeGea) September 15, 2015
Gutted for you mate hope you have a speedy recovery @LukeShaw23
— Nathaniel Clyne (@Nathaniel_Clyne) September 15, 2015
Horrible to see what happened I wish u all the best my brother and stay strong you will comeback even stronger @LukeShaw23
— Adnan Januzaj (@adnanjanuzaj) September 15, 2015
@LukeShaw23 speedy recovery mate, come back stronger!!
— Gareth Bale (@GarethBale11) September 15, 2015
I feel very sorry for @lukeshaw23 because of his terrible injury. Get well soon and come back stronger, my friend! pic.twitter.com/bHAkGttnM8
— Basti Schweinsteiger (@BSchweinsteiger) September 16, 2015
Gutted for Luke shaw , best full back in the league this season ! Hope he makes a speedy recovery !
— Robbie Savage (@RobbieSavage8) September 15, 2015
