{"id":440409,"date":"2011-06-13T16:46:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-13T16:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/13\/manchester-united-will-be-paying-more-than-20m-for-phil-jones-blackburn-manager-steve-kean\/"},"modified":"2011-06-13T16:46:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-13T16:46:00","slug":"manchester-united-will-be-paying-more-than-20m-for-phil-jones-blackburn-manager-steve-kean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/13\/manchester-united-will-be-paying-more-than-20m-for-phil-jones-blackburn-manager-steve-kean\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United will be paying more than \u00a320m for Phil Jones – Blackburn manager Steve Kean"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Mark Fordham<\/h3>\n

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Manchester United<\/a> are set to pay more than \u00a320 million for England under-21 international Phil Jones<\/a>, Blackburn Rovers<\/a> manager Steve Kean<\/a> has revealed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jones\u2019s transfer to the Red Devils was confirmed earlier on Monday and Kean said that the player wanted to play in the Champions League.<\/span><\/p>\n

He had become a regular in the team this season despite suffering knee ligament damage and he rejected the advances of Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham before accepting overtures from Old Trafford.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kean admits that the money they will receive will be in excess of \u00a320m but they would have preferred to retain the youngster.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe fought very hard to keep him but, yes, he\u2019s going to be a Manchester United player now,\u201d he told Sky Sports.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe gave it a real good fight, a fantastic offer and we understand why he wants to go now and he\u2019s been a great young player and one that\u2019s come through our academy.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cContracts are very complicated but with the games that he will play and with different bits and bobs that will be added on it will go above \u00a320 million so it\u2019s a very, very big fee. But that never detracted the fact that the owners wanted to keep him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Kean had spoken with the owners about trying to keep Jones and they put forward a deal that would have made the teenager the club’s biggest earner.<\/span><\/p>\n

He added: \u201cI sat down with the owners and said how we was one of the lads which came through alongside Junior Hoilett, Martin Olsson, Grant Hanley and all those coming through and they said \u2018make him the biggest offer you want to make him’, which was the way it panned out.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sure Phil and his representatives will verify this but the offer we made to him was staggering for a 19-year-old but that\u2019s what we thought of him.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt quickly became apparent that it wasn\u2019t really about money which is understandable to a certain extent.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPhil wanted to play Champions League football and he wanted to play it now and we\u2019re not at that level but I\u2019m sure we will be in the coming years and that was the thing that was really exciting him about Manchester United.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Kean also said that there was no ill feeling towards the player and that he went with the blessing of everyone at the club.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe goes now with our blessing,\u201d he said. \u201cWe were hoping he was going to be the captain of our club and the captain of England as it\u2019s panned out now he\u2019s moved to Manchester United. He\u2019s a fantastic young prospect.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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