Luke Shaw Said -“I Almost Gave Up On My Football Career When My Leg Got Broken”
Luke Shaw Said -“I Almost Gave Up On My Football Career When My Leg Got Broken”
The Englishman who broke his leg during a Champions League match between Manchester United and PSV Eindhoven in 2015 initially struggled for match fitness upon his return from injury and was often criticized by his coach, Jose Mourinho. *
Shaw, who is Manchester United best player for the month of August was interviewed by journalists about his broken leg while picking up the award and he said:
“I’d be lying if I said I didn’t sometimes think about stopping playing football, but I had a lot of good friends and family around me and they helped me through it.
“I nearly lost my leg, I was actually really close to losing my leg and I never knew that until six months after when the doctor told me. Of course, if I knew that I would [still] never have stopped, even if he had told me there was a worry, I would have tried [to carry on playing football].
“I want to be playing football, I want to be playing in the biggest games possible, winning trophies – that’s my motivation, and like I said I want to be known as one of the best full-backs in the world.”
On being told he could have nearly lost his leg, Shaw explained:
“At the time, they were thinking about flying me back (from Eindhoven) and if I’d have flown back, I would probably have lost my leg because of the blood clots and stuff in the leg.
“I’ve got – I don’t want to talk about it too much – two scars down the side of my leg where they had to cut it open and pull them out because of how severe it was.
“But I don’t really care about that anymore. I feel really strong – and my right leg is exactly as it was before my leg break.”
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