Phil Jones reveals Manchester United hero threatened to ‘break his face’

Phil Jones has revealed Manchester United leader Nani erstwhile threatened to ‘break his face’ successful the changing country aft a match.

The incidental occurred pursuing United’s daze 1-0 decision to Wigan successful April 2012, a effect that contributed to the Red Devils failing to triumph the league that play and section rivals Manchester City lifting the Premier League trophy for the archetypal time.

Shaun Maloney enactment Wigan up soon aft half-time and Sir Alex Ferguson’s side, which boasted the likes of Wayne Rooney, Javier Hernandez, Antonio Valencia and Nani, were incapable to respond.

Jones besides started astatine the DW Stadium and recalled a infinitesimal precocious connected successful the lucifer erstwhile helium grew frustrated astatine Nani and yelled astatine the Portuguese winger.

Nani did not instrumentality excessively good to being told to ‘pass the f*****g ball’, however, and confronted Jones successful the changing room.

Jones, whose long and frustrating Manchester United vocation yet came to an extremity past summer, says helium was ‘s******g’ himself and was relieved erstwhile Fergie came successful to reconstruct order.

‘I retrieve a crippled we had astatine Wigan and we beauteous overmuch mislaid the league,’ Jones told United fable Rio Ferdinand connected his YouTube channel.

‘We were losing 1-0 successful the 90th infinitesimal and Nani, bless him, is doing each his stepovers connected the broadside of the pitch.

‘I’m going, “just walk maine the ball, walk maine the ball”. And past I screamed astatine him, “just walk maine the f*****g ball!”

‘Anyway, we travel into the changing country aft the crippled and he’s travel successful shouting “I volition interruption your face, I volition interruption your face!”

‘I’m s******g myself. I don’t cognize what’s going to hap here. And past the manager comes successful and shouts astatine everyone to beryllium down truthful cheers gaffer!’

That was intelligibly not the archetypal clip Nani fto his temper get the amended of him, with Ferdinand past revealing that helium erstwhile broke a reserve player’s ribs successful a training-ground bust-up.

‘Nani didn’t caput a tear-up, by the way,’ Ferdinand said of a subordinate who helped Manchester United triumph 4 Premier League titles and the Champions League.

‘I saw him punch up a fewer players connected the grooming ground. He broke 1 of the young lad’s ribs, it was retired of bid to beryllium fair.’

Jones was portion of the past Manchester United broadside to win the Premier League successful Ferguson’s last play astatine Old Trafford.

When helium officially retired successful August, Jones had made 229 appearances for United and earned 27 caps for England.

The 32-year-old is targeting a vocation successful absorption aft hanging up his boots and has already started coaching younker teams astatine his erstwhile club.

‘My vocation finished shorter than I would person liked,’ helium told BBC Radio 5 Live aft announcing his retirement.

‘[I’m] solid fractional full. [I have] completed my A licence and I privation to get retired determination and situation myself successful coaching. Ultimately I privation to instrumentality complaint of a team. I americium determined to get there.’

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