Dean Henderson addresses rumours he was arrested for assaulting girlfriend

A couple of days ago, it was revealed that an unnamed Premier League football player had been arrested years ago for assaulting his partner.

Rumours started spreading that the person in question was the Man United goalkeeper Dean Henderson.

The 24-year-old has reacted to these allegations.

"Can't believe I'm having to do this," he wrote on his Instagram stories, "but I'd just like to address the rumours that have come to light in the last couple of days.

"There are some sad people in the world that attached my name to such inappropriate, hurtful and totally false news stories.

"I have a family who have been affected by this so wanted to put the rumours to bed and move on."