Manchester United and England international left-back Luke Shaw was on Thursday ruled out of the next two Premier League games after picking up a muscle injury, the club announced.

“Manchester United defender Luke Shaw has sustained an injury which will rule him out of forthcoming games,” said a club statement.

“The muscle issue is still being assessed but the England left-back is expected to be out of action for a number of weeks.”

The 28-year-old defender started the first two Premier League matches of the season but will now miss Saturday’s Old Trafford encounter against Nottingham Forest and next weekend’s trip to Arsenal.

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