If Jones was confident enough to berate Salgado, Ferguson decided, he would be fine walking into a United dressing room that boasted the likes of Rio Ferdinand, Ryan Giggs and Wayne Rooney. One of them was Michael Salgado, a veteran defender who had played more than 300 games for Real Madrid and twice won the Champions League. It's a day Jones, even now, says he prefers to forget, but Ferguson watched the 18-year-old scream and shout at teammates more than 10 years his senior. However, Ferguson was convinced about the transfer while he watched Jones play for Blackburn's first team during a 7-1 defeat at Old Trafford. Jones had first caught Ferguson's attention 18 months earlier when Blackburn beat United's under-18s - a team which included a young Paul Pogba - in the fifth round of the FA Youth Cup. The sales pitch worked, and despite competition from Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal, United agreed a deal worth more than £16 million. Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, more (U.S.)īack in 2011, Ferguson was so keen to sign Jones from Blackburn Rovers that he flew him out to join a family holiday in the south of France. United hold an option to extend his deal by another 12 months, but after more than two years of injuries and setbacks that Jones has described privately as "hell," it's likely that a player once hailed by such managers as Sir Alex Ferguson, Fabio Capello and Southgate will be allowed to quietly leave. Out of the contract at Old Trafford in the summer, it's possible that Jones has played his last game for the club he joined as a teenager in 2011. He could be added in January, but that would require him to prove his fitness first, and he hasn't started back-to-back league games since May 2019.
The 30-year-old defender can't play for Manchester United in the Premier League at the moment either, having been left out of the registered squad. Phil Jones was one of only five players picked to represent England at both the 20 World Cups, but when Gareth Southgate sits down to select his squad for Qatar 2022, he won't be anywhere near the conversation.
Rise and fall of Phil Jones for Man United and England: a cycle of promise, then injury setbacks
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