Latest Manchester United news as Ayden Heaven suffers an injury during United's win over Leicester City in the Premier League
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Updated 21:42, 16 Mar 2025
Ayden Heaven of Manchester United
Ayden Heaven was handed a big injury blow during Man United's game against Leicester
(Image: Plumb Images/Leicester City FC via Getty Images)
Manchester United sent a message after defender Ayden Heaven suffered an injury against Leicester City.
The Reds were facing the Foxes in the Premier League clash at the King Power Stadium on Sunday evening. The match would be United's final fixture before the club has a two-week hiatus for the March international break.
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Ruben Amorim named Heaven in the starting line-up after an impressive performance against Real Sociedad in the Europa League in midweek.
However, the defender was substituted in the early minutes of the second half after suffering what appeared to be a leg injury.
Heaven was stretchered off the pitch as he was replaced by Toby Collyer, seeing his first Premier League start come to an end after just 51 minutes. United issued a three-word message to the defender on social media when confirming the substitution.
"United are forced to make a change," read the post on X, formerly known as Twitter. "Hope you're okay, Ayden."
Amorim will be expected to provide an update on Heaven's potential injury when he speaks to reporters and the media after the final whistle. It remains to be seen how long Heaven will be on the sidelines, as United now have more than two weeks until they are back on the pitch.
"I don't know, it's hard to know because we have to evaluate during the week," United boss Amorim said post match.
"And also because he is a young kid that doesn't know how to explain and that makes it a little bit harder to understand what he is feeling."
Should Heaven be unavailable after the international break, he would join an already lengthy injury list that Amorim will be forced to manage.
United were without Lisandro Martinez, Amad Diallo, Luke Shaw, Kobbie Mainoo, Leny Yoro, Harry Maguire, Jonny Evans, Altay Bayindir and Tom Heaton for the clash against Leicester due to injury.
Patrick Dorgu was also unavailable as he served the final match of a three-game suspension.
United won the game against the Foxes 3-0 thanks to goals from Rasmus Hojlund, Alejandro Garnacho and Bruno Fernandes at the King Power.