Dundee United’s Injury Challenges Intensify with Louis Moult’s New Setback

Dundee United manager Jim Goodwin has characterized striker Louis Moult’s latest injury as a “bitter blow,” stating it encapsulates the club’s ongoing injury misfortunes this season. The 32-year-old player had recently rejoined the squad after being sidelined for several months due to a knee issue. Moult is now facing another period out of action, having injured shoulder ligaments during the team’s defeat by Motherwell last weekend. Manager Goodwin commented, “We will be having to go without him for a few weeks unfortunately and it is a major disappointment for him and for us as a team because we have not long got him back after his previous injury.” He further added, “It is a bitter blow. It is an area of the pitch we are light in anyway, just having the three strikers, so on Sunday we go into the game with two senior strikers available.” United occupies fifth position in the league standings ahead of Sunday’s match against leaders Celtic. Goodwin’s squad has experienced a commendable campaign so far, despite having to contend with injuries to multiple players. The Irishman elaborated, “I know every team goes through little spells throughout the course of a season missing key players, but I do feel we have had a really unfortunate time right from the beginning with the amount of key players we have had to go without.” He continued, “Obviously (Craig) Sibbald has been out for a long stretch, (Kristijan) Trapanovski, Ross Graham, Ross Docherty, Moult – we have never had a fully-fit squad to choose from.” Goodwin concluded, “And with us not being the biggest squad anyway it makes life very difficult when you want to try and rotate or try and freshen things up.”