Manchester United manager, Phil Jones deserved to be given a big billing when he first joined the club, ex team-mate Chris Samba has said.
Chris believes the massive potential he showed as a young player has only been hampered by his unfortunate injuries since that time.
According to him, injuries change everything and he has not been lucky with them throughout his career.
He added that Jones was a different player when he signed for Mufc and he really progressed as a player in 2 his first years.
His words, “Definitely. The names that he was put with in the same bracket was justified,”
“He looked like he had that ceiling. It’s just that injuries have been against him. It’s unfortunate, but that’s what football is. Injuries change everything.”
“Phil Jones was in the reserves and on his way to come with us. Sometimes he was training with us and I was like ‘nah, I don’t think so’.
“More time passed by and the more he trained with us it was like ‘wow, he’s changed so fast’. He went from being somebody you’re not sure about to being ‘wow, that’s some player’.
“I remember there was a game when two of the central defenders were injured and Sam [Allardyce] asked if I was okay playing with Phil. I was like ‘sure, let him play’.
“From the first minute he smashed [Didier] Drogba, challenges and everything and had the fans behind him. He was unbelievable.
“I have never seen progression like that in the space of two years. He was a different player.”
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