Gary Neville on Phil Jones, Ashley Young, Barcelona, Replacing Paul Scholes

Gary Neville was in Singapore to support Peter Lim’s Sports Scholarship. Here he talks to the New Paper on some subjects

Chris Smalling and Phil Jones in England vs Ukraine Under 21 Performance

Phil Jones this time excels in an all touches clip during the recent Euro Under 21 match

Video of Chris Smalling and Phil Jones versus Spain in Euro Under 21 2011

It is a surprise when Sir Alex Ferguson splashed out 16-20 mil on a 19 year old young defender but goes to show how much he values a good defence.

With Jones and Smalling, this could be united’s defence for the next 10-13 years.

People complain about how expensive we are paying for Jones, but if you can buy a future England captain and first choice defender for 20 mil and look back 6 years later in an inflationary world, you will see that this is a small price to pay when amortizing his contract over that duration.

Here is an excellent video of the 2’s performance in England’s under 21 match versus a class Spain side.

You might also want to take note of this You Tube channel  VidicnFerdinand as it makes a lot of videos on these central defensive pairing.

Blackburn Phil Jones 2010/2011 Interceptions Statistics

To build on to yesterday’s passing statistics, here are phil jones’ interceptions

Manchester United new signing Phil Jones’ Passing Stats 2010/2011

It is anticipated that man utd will complete the 17 million pound signing of Phil Jones.

Jones played 18 games in midfield and 6 games in defence. He had a mid term long spell out with injury and most of his games in midfield was before injury.

Here are chalkboards of his passing stats throughout the season.