Phil Jones opens up on abuse he suffered during Man Utd nightmare

Former Manchester United centre backmost Phil Jones has said helium was embarrassed and ashamed to beryllium sidelined truthful often by wounded during his last 4 years astatine Old Trafford

Phil Jones has opened up connected the maltreatment that helium received during his injury-ridden clip astatine Manchester United, with the erstwhile defender claiming that helium feared walking down the thoroughfare successful lawsuit idiosyncratic had a spell astatine him.

The 32-year-old, who retired successful August having near Old Trafford arsenic a escaped cause successful the summertime of 2023, has already entered coaching and has been moving with teams successful United’s academy.

But helium has bravely outlined the intelligence toll his injuries person taken connected him having made lone six Premier League appearances successful the last 4 years of his clip astatine the club.

That led to Jones feeling “ashamed” and “embarrassed” but helium present feels arrogant of his achievements arsenic a subordinate having won the Premier League, FA Cup and Europa League alongside 27 elder England caps.

And successful a file for BBC Sport helium wrote: “It got truthful atrocious for a portion that I would beryllium walking down the street, disquieted astir what radical would accidental to maine successful lawsuit I got abuse, and reasoning astir what I'd accidental next.

“I conscionable wanted to support my caput down erstwhile I was successful a crowd, and it was the aforesaid connected societal media, which is wherefore I came disconnected it for a while.

“If you knew me, you knew each I wanted was to beryllium capable to play shot - but it is arsenic if radical thought I conscionable woke up each greeting and decided I was injured.

“You privation to accidental thing back, particularly erstwhile they said it to my face, but it has ne'er been successful my quality to bash that. I've ever been humble and down to earth, and I've ne'er taken myself excessively seriously.

“So for maine to consciousness that mode was hard, and it would get to me. I was ashamed that I was injured, to the grade I didn't adjacent privation to talk to my team-mates, and I was embarrassed going into the nine each time conscionable for treatment.

“It took a agelong clip for that to alteration and for maine to realise that, portion I had tons of ups and downs successful my career, yet I was arrogant of what I did arsenic a player. I tin look backmost connected immoderate unbelievable memories and I made immoderate astonishing friends for life.”

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