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Aug32021 by JBNo Comments

Man Utd outcast Phil Jones unsellable with no clubs willing to put in transfer offer

Premier League

Manchester United are reportedly struggling to generate any interest in Phil Jones, despite their efforts to offload him ahead of the imminent arrival of Raphael Varane. The 29-year-old has not played for United in 18 months after falling out of favour before picking up a long-term knee injury, with other centre-backs enjoying game time in Solskjaer's side in that time. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Jones still has two years remaining on his contract at the club, but he will fall down the pecking order even further when Varane arrives. According to the Manchester Evening News, Jones is unable to attract a transfer fee due to the injury that has ruled him out for more than a year, even though his contract will expire in June 2023. The defender signed ...

Aug132020 by JBNo Comments

Twitter apologises for mocking Man Utd defender Phil Jones

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Twitter has issued an apology to Manchester United defender Phil Jones after a post from the company's official UK account mocked the player. Twitter claims "being the target of online abuse is not easy to deal with" on a dedicated help page about coping and reporting abuse. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Yet on Tuesday, the social media network engaged in such behaviour when aiming a dig at the defender, with its verified @TwitterUK account posting: "Name a better footballer than Phil Jones." United are believed to have complained to Twitter about the post which was later deleted, with the network apologising to both the club and player. A Twitter spokesperson told MailOnline: ‘Our aim was to showcase our new product feature, conversation controls, w...

Oct82019 by JBNo Comments

Mustafi reacts to being voted world’s second worst defender behind United’s Phil Jones

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Arsenal star Shkodran Mustafi insists he’s taken no notice of a poll conducted by Spanish publication Marca which named him the second worst defender in the world. After more than 150,000 votes were cast, Manchester United defender Phil Jones (47%) beat Shkodran Mustafi (35%) to the title that neither of them would have wanted. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Unai Emery conceded in the summer that Mustafi was free to leave if Arsenal received a suitable offer and Serie A giants Juventus and Roma were reportedly interested in the signing the 27-year-old. However, a move never happened and, while Mustafi is yet to play in the Premier League this campaign, though he’s impressed in Arsenal’s cup competitions. The Germany international played every mi...

Feb232019 by JBNo Comments

Vidic: ‘Phil Jones is better than Van Dijk’

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Nemanja Vidic said he would not swap any of Manchester United's defenders for Virgil van Dijk or his Liverpool team-mates, while praising Victor Lindelof. United led the Premier League with 19 clean sheets in 2017-18 yet their goal has been breached in all but six of their 26 matches this season. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Despite that, Lindelof has been praised as one of United's better performers, the 24-year-old has established himself at the heart of the club's defence after a poor first campaign at United. "I think [Lindelof] had a difficult time in the beginning," Vidic told Omnisport . "Well done to him to come back. It's not easy, especially playing for Man United, big club, to not start that well and have criticism from the media. "T...

Feb112019 by JBNo Comments

Jones: Man Utd were laughing stock under Mourinho

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Phil Jones said Manchester United were a "laughing stock" under Mourinho this term, but they are "now heading in the right direction" with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer incharge. Mourinho was sacked in December amid United's poor run of form and with reports of dressing-room unrest at the club. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); United were outside of the Champions League places and reeling after a 3-1 Premier League defeat to Liverpool but the club have gone 11 games without defeat in all competitions since Solskjaer's appointment as caretaker to climb to fourth in the standings. After Saturday's 3-0 win over Fulham, United are now seen as a legitimate threat in the Champions League ahead of Tuesday's first-leg last-16 fixture at home to Paris Saint-Germain and Jo...

Feb182018 by JBNo Comments

REVEALED: Mourinho involved in furious dressing room bust-up with Jones and Pogba

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Jose Mourinho was involved in a huge dressing room tirade with Manchester United stars Paul Pogba and Phil Jones, according to reports. The Portuguese was compelled to defend his relationship with Pogba following the Frenchman's series of underwhelming performances. Pogba was not in the squad that defeated Huddersfield in the FA Cup on Saturday due to illness while Jones was rested. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); According to the Sun, there could be more to the pair's absence as Mourinho was said to have launched attack on the both of them after last week's loss to Newcastle. After the defeat, Pogba was accused of being too careless in possession, while Jones also criticised, with both players said to be shocked in the manner at which they were be...