Don’t go on Twitter, it’s full of toxic comments. Everyone has lost empathy in the modern world
Official: Phil Jones will leave United at the end of the season
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Still better than Maguire most of the time, when he is fit.
What’s the point in mentioning salary, it’s not his fault
Sometimes money really isn't the most important thing... but regardless, I'll take £30m going to Phil Jones then into the Glazers pockets any day of the week.
hes had nothing else to do the last 5 years so im happy he learned how to write and atleast his spellings seem to be in order. good job phil.
Good luck to the guy but below 20 appearances per season for a club that plays 50-60 games tells a story. Good riddance.
Well said, people talk like because he's getting paid he won't be bothered that his career has been ruined by injuries. I'm sure he would of been playing if he could
And from memory he took a massive pay cut?
Reading his letter I get the impression he’s talking about moving on from playing. I think his body can’t take anymore
Any and all abuse he's gotten over the last few years about being at the club so long after it was obvious he'd never be able to be a contributing first team player should have, and should be directed towards the people who kept giving him new contracts, and never the player himself. There's nobody who wouldn't have taken those terms as a player, whether for the financial security, or perhaps even out of the blind optimism that he believed he could make his way back to being an active member of the first team.
I hope he manages his money well and has success in coaching or whatever else he sees himself doing next, and I hope the club learns something as well.
I hope he manages his money well and has success in coaching or whatever else he sees himself doing next, and I hope the club learns something as well.
Oh I didn’t know that, fair play to him
Unnecessary.
It’s the world we live in now, unfortunately. Mistakes are amplified hundredfold. Incompetence rarely gets any words of encouragement for improvement.
Welcome to United twitter. Full of toxic twats.
Wish him all the best, good player who unfortunately never lived up to his early promise because of injuries. Not bothered about the last contract either, it's not my money.
Obviously for social media purposes I hope he has everlasting misery, how dare he get injured and sign a contract that was offered to him. I hate him.
Obviously for social media purposes I hope he has everlasting misery, how dare he get injured and sign a contract that was offered to him. I hate him.
Was never a bad player, and despite fans being twats there was never a point you thought he was truly unprofessional.
I don't blame him for signing a 5 year deal with no medical advice suggesting his career as a footballer was over. That's his profession and it was his right to accept an agreement put forward. We can disagree with the people who offered it to him of course, but I've nothing against Phil Jones.
Could've been so much more, but he'll always have a PL medal and that game against Spain for England.
I don't blame him for signing a 5 year deal with no medical advice suggesting his career as a footballer was over. That's his profession and it was his right to accept an agreement put forward. We can disagree with the people who offered it to him of course, but I've nothing against Phil Jones.
Could've been so much more, but he'll always have a PL medal and that game against Spain for England.
He was insanely talented and could have been a phenomenal player for us if his body had held up.
Wish him all the best, sad tht it didn't work out better.
Wish him all the best, sad tht it didn't work out better.
No need for comments like that.
I was at the Wolves game and he got a great reception. Was a shit performance by the team but I thought he was one of our better players and it’s such a shame how his career has turned out.
Should have gone years ago, won't be noticed, good luck.
Harsh on @esmufc07
Looks like he could teach you a thing or two
I really feel for him, wish him nothing but the best going forward.
Just this. Full stop.
Even this thread is showing a few people up to be twats. Jeeze your lives must be so hard
That's a really nice message. All the best to him.
Nicely written. It's not his fault his body gave up on him.
Good luck to the lad. Tried his hardest, gave everything. Pretty much all we can ask from a player... he was insanely unlucky.
You can tell a lot about a United fan as a person by the way they talk about Phil Jones.
Unfortunately these sort of people do exist, god knows what their own lives are like.
Only annoying thing in recent times was the stupid 4 year contract handed to him back in 2019, but that’s 100% on Woodward being stupid as feck.
I always liked Phil Jones. And even if he made the mistakes he did - he always gave 100% so you will never hear me say a bad word about him. And I hope people here have enough class to remember him for the good he did to the club
His last hoorah was the RoJones partnership. Good luck for the future Phil, thanks for everything.
It feels like a lot has happened since he last played a part. Not his fault he has suffered so much from injuries though and he certainly wouldn’t have chosen how things worked out. Always gave 100%. Good luck Jonesy and hope you get a few years injury free at a decent club.
Without injuries he would have been brilliant defender. Good luck to him and wish him well.
I loved him as a player. That scrambling across the floor to throw his head at the ball while someone was trying to put their foot through it really summed him up for me. Nothing but 100% from Jones, ever.
I still remember when we got him from Blackburn thinking he'd be an absolutely outstanding centre half. Such a shame with the injuries, but its not his fault he was offered contract after contract. Who wouldn't sign if in his shoes?
Best of luck to him, I hope he manages to play somewhere.
I still remember when we got him from Blackburn thinking he'd be an absolutely outstanding centre half. Such a shame with the injuries, but its not his fault he was offered contract after contract. Who wouldn't sign if in his shoes?
Best of luck to him, I hope he manages to play somewhere.
If he could have gotten fit and stayed fit, he's still the third best centre back at the club, but it just wasn't to be.
The man would do anything to win on the pitch, utterly fearless, and if our current squad all had his mentality, we'd be a lot closer to the top of the league than we are now.
I feel embarrassed when people rubbish him as a footballer, when fit he was a proper United player.
The man would do anything to win on the pitch, utterly fearless, and if our current squad all had his mentality, we'd be a lot closer to the top of the league than we are now.
I feel embarrassed when people rubbish him as a footballer, when fit he was a proper United player.
Genuinely tearing up at reading that.
Love the guy and wish him well for the future.