Erik ten Hag has rarely wasted an opportunity to highlight the role of an unprecented injury crisis in a difficult campaign. Where would the Red Devils have finished in the Premier League table had they been able to call on Raphael Varane and Lisandro Martinez – colossus up against Erling Haaland and co – throughout 2023/24? Where would Manchester United have finished without losing both of their first-team left-backs? Luke Shaw missed the vast majority of the campaign, while Tyrell Malacia missed all of it. “Luke Shaw is the best left back in the world,” Ten Hag told Voetbal International. “B…