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Phil Jones. The former Blackburn Rovers star is a versatile defender for Manchester United. Preston-born Jones was famously compared with United great Duncan Edwards by Sir Alex Ferguson but a ...
Sep 19, 2021 · Manchester United defender Phil Jones says he has "been through hell and back over the last couple of years" after struggling with injury and lockdown. Jones, 29, missed the entirety of last ...
Feb 26, 2023 · Jones' time at Old Trafford has been plagued by injury but he managed to return at centre-back for the Reds towards the end of last season. His most recent appearance for United came as a ...
Jan 4, 2022 · Phil Jones has been widely praised by Manchester United supporters on social media, after the centre-back made his long-awaited return to action following a two-year battle with injury. With Eric ...
- Injury Hell
- Another Setback
- Surgery & Rehab
- Criticism from Rio Ferdinand & Man Utd Future
- An Easy Target
Jones first admitted that he has been fighting a debilitating knee injury since his Blackburn Roversdays, which flared up at Man Utd at the beginning of his second season at the club. He suffered from severe meniscal damage, and was forced to have surgery on the knee. However, the meniscus was so badly damaged that the surgeon was forced to remove ...
The defender took the coronavirus lockdown and suspension of all football to rebuild himself, and by May 2020, when Man Utd returned to training, he felt 'in the best shape' he'd ever been in 'as a professional footballer'. But on the second day of training, during a sprinting exercise, disaster struck. Jones completed a set of 'strides', “and then...
After initial injections didn't resolve the issue, Jones underwent 'last resort micro-fracture surgery,' which involved drilling deep holes into the knee, hoping to create fibrous cartilage from the presence of blood. Covid restrictions added months to Jones' recovery, extending delays between visits with his specialist in Barcelona, while the seco...
Jones' lack of impact on the Man Utd first team has seen him come in for plenty of abuse from supporters, but he's also been on the receiving end of criticism from a former teammate. Ferdinand branded him 'a waste of time' and accused him of blocking the path for a potential youngster to break into the first team. He was having none of it, though. ...
Jones believes that he 'must be an easy target' for abuse, but he knows he will have 'the last laugh'. “I must be an easy target. Every footballer has a tag and unfortunately mine is, ‘Let’s have a laugh at him.’ “But - and I say this in the nicest possible way - I know who’ll have the last laugh. I’m proud of my career and when it finishes and I’m...
- Max Cooper
Jan 3, 2022 · by. Adam Marshall. Monday 03 January 2022 08:41. Phil Jones has completed a long road of recovery for Manchester United, as he makes his first Premier League appearance since January 2020. The ...
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Oct 26, 2014 · Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal has revealed defender Phil Jones missed Sundays 1-1 Premier League draw with Chelsea due to shin splints. ... out with a hamstring injury in the 2-2 draw at ...
