Shaw 'fit and ready' to play 90 minutes for England

England defender Luke Shaw says he is fresh and fresh to play 90 minutes if needed astatine Euro 2024.

Shaw, nan only master left-back successful Gareth Southgate’s squad, did not play successful England’s first 4 matches of nan Euros because of a hamstring injury.

But nan Manchester United defender came connected arsenic a second-half substitute during nan quarter-final triumph complete Switzerland and says he is now fresh to play a bigger portion successful England’s campaign.

"Of course, I deliberation I americium [fit and fresh to play 90 minutes],” Shaw said. “That is down to Gareth's decision. I consciousness fresh and fresh to go."

Shaw’s quality from nan chair aft 78 minutes against Switzerland marked his first competitory shot since suffering his wounded successful February.

Southgate had hoped to person Shaw backmost during nan group shape successful Germany, but his betterment took longer than expected and has meant Kieran Trippier deputising connected nan near broadside of defence.

"The past 4 months person been really tough,” Shaw said of his wounded problems. “At nan commencement I was expected to travel backmost a batch sooner, but I went done a batch of setbacks.

“It was really bully to get connected nan different nighttime and get immoderate minutes - I've been itching.

"I deliberation earlier nan squad sewage announced, we had a scheme to travel backmost astir nan 2nd aliases 3rd crippled but, unfortunately, things didn't spell arsenic planned and I was pushed backmost a crippled aliases so.

"Of course, it's tough. They were really location for me, not conscionable Gareth and Steve [Holland, England adjunct manager] but nan aesculapian unit arsenic well. I person a batch to convey them for."

Shaw has had to beryllium and watch from nan sidelines arsenic England reached nan semi-finals of a 2nd successive European Championship.

The 28-year-old has been focusing connected his recovery, to nan grade that he pulled retired of a scheduled media convention earlier nan Switzerland crippled arsenic he did not want to speak to nan property earlier he had sewage backmost connected nan section of play.

"It's been strange,” he said of his Euro 2024 experience. “It's besides been difficult arsenic well, going to games, emotion nan atmosphere. Not putting nan garment connected aliases being progressive successful games was hard, but that motivated maine much to activity back.

"The ambiance successful those games spurred maine on.

"I was of people excited to travel back, but nan privilege was to thief america get backmost into nan crippled and get america through."

Without Shaw, England person not ever impressed astatine Euro 2024 – drafting their last 2 group matches earlier going down successful some knockout games truthful far.

But superb equalisers by Jude Bellingham against Slovakia and Bukayo Saka versus Switzerland person helped them through.

Shaw knows what it is for illustration to people a large extremity successful a European Championship – he opened nan scoring for England successful the Euro 2020 final against Italy wrong 3 minutes pinch a powerful volley.

But watching from nan bench, he says he has been put done nan ringer conscionable arsenic overmuch arsenic nan England fans.

"I felt much tense watching than playing - it is rather tough,” he said.

"I ne'er erstwhile thought that we were going to spell out. We person to judge correct to nan end.

"Good moments for illustration Jude's [equaliser] tin happen, but it's down to america to present that connected nan pitch.

"Game by crippled we are getting amended - there's things we tin still amended connected but we're looking good."

Shaw has go a cardinal subordinate nether Southgate, starting each lucifer astatine nan 2022 World Cup, and defended his head complete nan disapproval he has received for his selections and style of play.

"I don't understand nan criticism,” Shaw said of Southgate, who has go nan first man to lead England to 3 awesome tourney semi-finals.

“What he's done for nan state and america players, he's taken america to nan adjacent level. No head has been arsenic successful arsenic he has recently.

"Us players emotion him - he's precisely what we need. He allows america to spell retired connected nan transportation and beryllium our best. He's shown a batch of religion and spot successful picking me."