Manchester United will not look to offload Phil Jones before the transfer window closes, according to reports in England.
The 29-year-old has not played for the first team for eighteen months due to various injury problems, but the club have decided that he will be kept around as the fifth choice centre-back.
Fans on Twitter are surprised by the decision to keep Jones, considering he has played so little football for the club in recent seasons:
In other words no one else wants him.
— Rob (@Rob_Mufc18) August 17, 2021
Seriously what is the actual point….he's stealing a living here man
— riggbok (@rigger_dig_dig) August 17, 2021
Let that man go
— RJ? (@RemellMallik) August 17, 2021
Unserious football club
— Alajo ? (@UtdAlajoo) August 17, 2021
And we probs won’t see him, what’s the point, he won’t even be on the bench
— Cory Dickerson (@CoryDickerson16) August 17, 2021
Sell that flop ??
— Charlies (@chimaobicharlie) August 17, 2021
Translation… No one can afford his wages and no one wants him in the premier League
— Mike Vater (@VaterMike) August 17, 2021
So he's getting paid for not playing… What a waste man. He shouldn't earn if he isn't playing or even in the squad
— saurabh badhya (@SBadhya) August 17, 2021
Memes aside. It goes to show the lack of ambition from Jones I’m sure if he wanted to play football so much he could find another club.
He clearly doesn’t want to part with his current wages.
— ????????????? (@UnitedK97C) August 17, 2021
He still thinks he’s gonna get game time?Won’t even start In carabo cup Etc
— Jake (@JakeQuigley04) August 18, 2021
Jones reportedly earns a staggering £130,000 a week and he still has two years remaining on his contract. There was believed to be some interest from West Ham in the defender but no formal approach was made by the Hammers.
It’s likely that most clubs have been put off by his injury record, but if he does get some game time under his belt this campaign, it may attract some interest from other teams which could finally lead to him leaving Old Trafford.