Ayden Heaven could be facing a spell on the sidelines after he was stretchered off against Leicester City on Sunday
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Manchester United defender Ayden Heaven
Manchester United defender Ayden Heaven (Image: Getty Images)
Manchester United have sent two messages to Ayden Heaven after the defender was stretchered off during their 3-0 win over Leicester City on Sunday.
Heaven, who joined the club for £1million from Arsenal in January, was impressive on his first Premier League start for United before he was forced to be substituted at King Power Stadium.
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After colliding with Leicester forward Patson Daka, Heaven went down and immediately rolled around in pain. He signalled over to the bench as he looked to have suffered a nasty ankle injury.
The 18-year-old ended up being taken off via a stretcher, with Ruben Amorim deciding to replace him with Toby Collyer in the 51st minute. The severity of Heaven's injury remains to be seen, as Amorim insisted following the win at Leicester that there will be several tests during the March international break.
It's a situation that is worrying, at this stage, and United sent an eight-word message to the teenage centre-back on Tuesday afternoon after reliving an excellent piece of defending from the Leicester game.
United wrote on X: "More of the same when you're back, Ayden," alongside a flexed biceps emoji.
United showed a clip of Heaven blocking a shot from Daka in the first half on Sunday. In the same phase, Heaven then got up and made another block, this time from Bilal El Khannous' low drive.
Meanwhile, Heaven himself wrote a message to the United fans on Tuesday. "Thank you guys for all the support! I have read all your messages, and I'm doing really well and recovering fast," he wrote on his Instagram stories alongside a red love heart emoji and a picture of him being stretched off against Leicester.
United later also tweeted Heaven's update with another message. "We're all with you, Ayden," another post on X read, alongside the flexed bicep and heart emojis.
Issuing an update on Heaven's condition in his post-Leicester press conference, Amorim said: "It's hard to know because we have to evaluate during the week. He already played well against Arsenal and Real Sociedad.
"Today for me was the most difficult game for him because we expect him to relax a bit, but he was so focused. It was clear today my players are at the limit. We are going to use this window to rest and recover, it will be good. The feeling is completely different. When we return it will be like starting from scratch."