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By Dan Roan<\/span>
BBC Sport news correspondent<\/span><\/span> \"Phil Jones has played 40 games for Blackburn<\/span> <\/p>\n

Blackburn defender Phil Jones is set to join Manchester United in a deal worth up to \u00a317m, BBC Sport understands.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The England under-21 centre-half is having a medical with the Premier League champions, after turning down offers from Arsenal and Liverpool.<\/p>\n

Jones only made his Premier League debut in March last year but has made a big impact in his first full season.<\/p>\n

The 19-year-old was due to travel to Denmark with the under-21s on Wednesday for the European Championship.<\/a><\/p>\n

Jones will not find it easy to disrupt United’s first-choice centre-back pairing of Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic, while Chris Smalling and Jonny Evans are also among the players competing for places at the heart of Sir Alex Ferguson’s defence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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