Man Utd raid Arsenal for wonderkid Ayden Heaven as star bids emotional Gunners farewell

Manchester United person completed the signing of Arsenal wonderkid Ayden Heaven, with the 18-year-old having been heavy progressive with the Gunners' first-team past summer

Manchester United person completed the signing of Arsenal wonderkid Ayden Heaven.

Heaven said: "I americium incredibly arrogant to articulation Manchester United. I'm grateful to everyone who helped marque this imagination a reality. There is truthful overmuch that I privation to execute successful the game, I'll beryllium giving everything to proceed my improvement and go the champion subordinate that I tin be."

Just earlier his determination to Old Trafford was announced, Heaven took to Instagram to pen an affectional farewell to the Gunners. He had been with the London broadside since the property of 8 and expressed his gratitude to the club.

"As the clip has travel for maine to determination on, I wanted to accidental however grateful I americium to the bully radical astatine Arsenal who supported maine during my clip with the club," helium wrote.

"As a North London boy, I lived the imagination of grooming and playing astatine Hale End and London Colney, arsenic good arsenic making my nonrecreational debut successful the League Cup. A large convey you excessively to Arsenal fans."

Heaven lone penned a assistance declaration with Arsenal successful 2023 and was past heavy progressive with Mikel Arteta’s first-team passim pre-season. But United person been keeping tabs connected the centre-back's advancement for immoderate time.

They made their determination past month, approaching Arsenal implicit a imaginable bid for the teenager. A woody has present been wrapped up, with Heaven present moving north.

In a connection announcing the move, United expressed their pleasance astatine Heaven's arrival. They confirmed helium has signed a four-year woody and volition present instantly articulation Ruben Amorim's first-team squad.

He made his elder debut successful the Carabao Cup triumph implicit Preston North End earlier this season, though has different been an unused sub for the Gunners' first-team. And United method manager Jason Wilcox is delighted to person pulled disconnected the coup of signing a rival's wonderkid.

“We are delighted that Ayden has joined Manchester United. He is already an highly talented defender who is acceptable to articulation our first-team squad successful bid to maximise his development," Wilcox said.

“This nine has a phenomenal way grounds of supporting young players and we judge that Ayden is successful the cleanable spot to scope his fantabulous potential.”

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