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Heaven has played for England at various age groups.<\/p>\n
He suffered an ankle injury playing for the Under-20s against Switzerland in October, was replaced at half-time and was not selected for November’s match against Japan.<\/p>\n
Heaven made two substitute appearances for United in the Premier League this season before starting against West Ham on 4 December in the centre of a three-man defence.<\/p>\n
He was booked after eight minutes and taken off at half-time, but has started all four matches since and improved significantly in each.<\/p>\n
He was excellent in the 2-1 defeat at Aston Villa on 21 December and was man of the match in the 1-0 victory over Newcastle on Friday, when United kept only their second clean sheet of the season.<\/p>\n
Manager Ruben Amorim said: “I am really pleased with Ayden. You can feel that he is improving every game.<\/p>\n
“He is young, but you can feel that he has a good game, slows the thinking and improves during the game.<\/p>\n
“He trained really well and, if he continues to play like that, it is going to be really hard to take his place.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n