Heinze, "You see who your friends are at times like these. Luckily I've received phone calls from lots of them and it's true that good really does come from bad. The injury has demonstrated that people love me.
"My United team-mates were very worried and that has given me enormous happiness during a difficult period. This is a test for me. But I'm very strong and I've been through some hard things in my life - like the death of my father. But he will help me to recover. The Great Man in the Sky will be by my side.
"I've watched what happened on TV about 10,000 times and counting. I'm not angry about it. I've committed harder tackles. I've taken what seemed like worse knocks. I'm a feisty player and I've been in risky situations where nothing has happened. God wanted this to take place.
"They say injuries always come at the worst times. I had to work hard to get to the level I had reached. The operation went as well as was expected and now I have to put all my energies into recovering."