Ruben Amorim
Ruben Amorim has been impressed with United's young centre-back
Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim has hailed fast-tracked youngster Ayden Heaven.
Injuries in defence have seen the 18-year-old pressed into first-team action in recent weeks, with the ex-Arsenal centre-back making his first competitive start in senior football in the 4-1 win over Real Sociedad on Thursday night.
It was an assured display from Heaven on the left side of Amorim's back three, and the Portuguese has been impressed with what he has seen so far.
“I really like his confidence, I like his pace,” Amorim said of Heaven on Friday. “I think he’s good in defending the box. I think he’s quite complete, but he has a lot of work to do.”
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United will again be without a string of absentees on Sunday, but Manuel Ugarte, Harry Maguire and Mason Mount could feature. Teenage striker Chido Obi is available having been left out of the Red Devils’ Europa League squad.
And Amorim says his side must continue with humility and hunger as they head to Ruud van Nistelrooy’s relegation-threatened Foxes. He insists there can be no let up as they travel to Leicester on Sunday for the final match before the international break.
“Everything is important and we need to continue with this feeling that we can win games and games after games,” the United head coach said.
Manchester United's Ayden Heaven has impressed Ruben Amorim
Manchester United's Ayden Heaven has impressed Ruben Amorim
“It doesn’t matter the time of rest or the time to prepare the next game. We can do it, and we showed against Arsenal.
“We have to be humble and forget that, forget the table and face Leicester like we faced Real Sociedad. We just need to win to improve our position in the table.
“The most important thing is to continue with this feeling of winning and that we are improving as a team.”
United enter the weekend 14th in the Premier League and are out of both domestic cups, but they have managed to beat Leicester in all three competitions this term already.
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