{"id":413280,"date":"2011-05-01T20:41:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-01T20:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/01\/arsenal-interested-in-10-million-rated-blackburn-defender-phil-jones-report\/"},"modified":"2011-05-01T20:41:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-01T20:41:00","slug":"arsenal-interested-in-10-million-rated-blackburn-defender-phil-jones-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/01\/arsenal-interested-in-10-million-rated-blackburn-defender-phil-jones-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal interested in \u00a310 million-rated Blackburn defender Phil Jones &#8211; report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h4>1 May 2011 21:41:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"57.1213640923\">\n<div readability=\"13.8142076503\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Phil Jones of Blackburn (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/00c8ea66115424_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Phil Jones of Blackburn (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span><em>For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2559\/rumours\/archive\/1\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span readability=\"14.96\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/94\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> manager <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/france\/2843\/ars%C3%A8ne-wenger\">Arsene Wenger<\/a> is reportedly interested in signing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/108\/blackburn-rovers\">Blackburn<\/a> defender <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/34529\/phil-jones\">Phil Jones<\/a> in a \u00a310million deal.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>News of the World<\/em> claim Wenger\u2019s chief scout, Steve Rowley, was sent to Ewood Park on Saturday to monitor the 19-year-old\u2019s performance against Bolton.<\/p>\n<p>With doubts surrounding Gary Cahill potential move to the Emirates, Jones is reportedly an alternative for Wenger.<\/p>\n<p>Jones, who has only just returned to action for Rovers, after suffering a cartilage injury, can also play in a defensive-midfield role but is currently covering at centre-back due to the injury to Ryan Nelsen.<br \/><em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/00c8ea66115424_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/05\/01\/2466974\/arsenal-interested-in-10-million-rated-blackburn-defender\" title=\"Arsenal interested in \u00a310 million-rated Blackburn defender Phil Jones - report\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arsenal interested in \u00a310 million-rated Blackburn defender Phil Jones &#8211; report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 1 May 2011 21:41:00 Phil Jones of Blackburn (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section here . Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is reportedly interested in signing Blackburn defender Phil Jones in a \u00a310million deal. The News of the World claim Wenger\u2019s chief scout, Steve Rowley, was sent to Ewood Park on Saturday to monitor the 19-year-old\u2019s performance against Bolton. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":413281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-413280","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Arsenal interested in \u00a310 million-rated Blackburn defender Phil Jones - report - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/01\/arsenal-interested-in-10-million-rated-blackburn-defender-phil-jones-report\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Arsenal interested in \u00a310 million-rated Blackburn defender Phil Jones - report - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"1 May 2011 21:41:00 Phil Jones of Blackburn (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section here . 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