BBC:<\/em> \u201cI think that there\u2019s quite a number of things.<\/p>\n“I think first of all his mental strength and his ability to cope with the pressures of the Premier League at such a young age.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“He wasn\u2019t fazed, he didn\u2019t look to nervous, he looked quite calm and I think that\u2019s important going into the biggest league in the world at such a young age.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe made his debut – I think it might have been against Chelsea – against Drogba, and I think he might have actually won man of the match that day.<\/p>\n
“It shows that his mental strength was always going to be good enough and that\u2019s one of the biggest factors if you\u2019re going to be a top, top player I think.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis skills after that was always there for us all to see in training and his capabilities as a footballer where he held in every department the right type of ability to be a very, very good defender.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that eventually, with a little bit more experience – which he\u2019ll gain more quickly at Manchester United – he\u2019ll ultimately become an England defender.\u201d<\/p>\n
With early trends in the transfer market seemingly outlining a clear demand for British players, Allardyce believes the changing in football\u2019s rules have added a premium to the cost of young home-grown talent\u2019s such as the departing Blackburn youngster.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think in today\u2019s football world we\u2019ve seen a change of the rules where each club has to find a certain number of home-grown players and I think that puts players of Phil\u2019s calibre and of his type even more expensive than they were before,\u201d added the former Bolton boss.<\/p>\n
Many are tipping the signing of Jones to be the start of a new era at Old Trafford as Sir Alex Ferguson attempts to re-build his squad following the retirements of veterans Gary Neville, Paul Scholes and Edwin Van Der Sar and Allardyce showered praise on the abilities of United\u2019s manager.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think he\u2019s getting close to double figures in re-builds,” added the recently-installed Hammers manager.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that\u2019s what makes him the greatest manager there\u2019s ever been in club football because of how many teams he\u2019s re-built and how many teams have been successful that he\u2019s re-built.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that this one is going to be as exciting as the first one when he\u2019s getting young players of the talent of Phil Jones and Chris Smalling and of course Wayne Rooney is still very young and Nani, Anderson, people like that – and of course the Brazilian twins.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo it think he\u2019s well on his way to that re-build already but he\u2019ll want to make sure he\u2019s got a team ready for the next Champions League challenge in the hope that he can get closer for trying to beat Barcelona if he meets them again.\u201d<\/p>\n
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