English Premier League
Leeds plot surprise Phil Jones swoop
Leeds United have loved a productive switch window thus far with the Whites sealing the signings of three new faces. Nonetheless, there’s loads of work left to do for Victor Orta and co.
What’s the phrase?
In line with Spanish publication Marca, through TEAMtalk, Leeds are one of many sides all for signing Manchester United centre-back Phil Jones.
They recommend that the £110k-per-week earner has additionally taken the flowery of Southampton and newly-promoted Fulham.
Jones remains to be beneath contract by United and is valued at simply £2.7m by Transfermarkt.
Their subsequent Woodgate?
Leeds United want so as to add far higher depth and high quality to their squad forward of the upcoming marketing campaign as they goal to have a a lot smoother run of issues after their worrying relegation battle.
In Jones, nonetheless, Marsch could also be on the verge of constructing his first switch mistake since taking up at Elland Street.
He has recruited well thus far within the form of Brenden Aaronson, Marc Roca and Rasmus Kristensen however the signing of the Crimson Devils defender could be a puzzling one.
Sir Alex Ferguson as soon as suggested that he may very well be one of many biggest ever gamers to don the well-known purple jersey at Previous Trafford however a fairly horrendous streak of accidents has led to a somewhat disappointing and irritating taking part in profession for a person who’s now 30 years of age.
That’s nonetheless an incredible age for a centre-back however the reality of the matter is that he’s now extremely unreliable from a health perspective.
Jones has performed simply four instances within the final two years, which comes right down to each a scarcity of high quality and his damage report.
The previous England worldwide has had 22 separate points since signing for United which suggests he’s missed a whopping 1239 days of motion. That additionally quantities to a somewhat unbelievable 205 matches.
All of that implies he may very well be Leeds’ subsequent Jonathan Woodgate. The previous defender turned supervisor performed 137 instances for the Yorkshire membership, probably the most appearances he made for any aspect.
He got here via the academy of Leeds however after leaving, noticed his profession suffering from accidents, similar to Jones.
Such was his frustration that he turned to desperate measures similar to botox and boiled grass in a bid to finish his ‘damage hell’ when he was at Actual Madrid.
Each defenders have endured sorry careers, spending extra time on the therapy desk than out on the pitch. That when led Rio Ferdinand to dub Jones a “waste of time” in a somewhat harsh evaluation of the participant’s time at Man United.
Nonetheless, what that ought to inform the hierarchy at Leeds is that he’s a participant not value investing on this summer season.
