{"id":451011,"date":"2011-06-30T12:27:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-30T12:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/30\/phil-jones-could-be-future-manchester-united-captain-gary-neville\/"},"modified":"2011-06-30T12:27:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-30T12:27:00","slug":"phil-jones-could-be-future-manchester-united-captain-gary-neville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/30\/phil-jones-could-be-future-manchester-united-captain-gary-neville\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Jones could be future Manchester United captain &#8211; Gary Neville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Matt Scott<\/h3>\n<h4>30 Jun 2011 13:27:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"77.7379587156\">\n<div readability=\"14.2222222222\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gary Neville of Manchester United(Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/106900\/106947_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gary Neville of Manchester United(Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"5.27777777778\">Former <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/manchester-united\">Manchester United<\/a> captain <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/1938\/gary-neville\">Gary Neville<\/a> has backed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/34529\/phil-jones\">Phil Jones<\/a> to lead the club at some point in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Jones&#8217; \u00a316 million transfer from Blackburn Rovers to Old Trafford will be finalised on July 1 and Neville predicts that the centre-back, who can also play in midfield, will skipper the side later in his career.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI think this lad\u2019s going to be a star, I really do,\u201d Neville told <em>The New Paper<\/em> in Singapore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI think he\u2019s going to be somebody who could potentially be a captain of Manchester United in the future. He looks really solid and he\u2019s somebody who can be a huge player for the club for the next 10 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of potential there and the performances he\u2019s put in over the last two years have been outstanding, particularly against us. For a 19-year-old that\u2019s excellent. He\u2019s a great signing for us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Neville also believes that there will be at least one more arrival at Old Trafford this summer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He continued: \u201cI think the manager will sign a central midfielder because of Owen Hargreaves leaving and Paul Scholes retiring.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Wesley Sneijder has been strongly linked with a move to Old Trafford. United are also one of many clubs reportedly interested in young Barcelona midfielder Thiago Alcantara, but the Spaniard only recently signed a new long-term deal with the European champions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Neville made 602 appearances for United before retiring last season.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Here is the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/06\/30\/2554481\/phil-jones-could-be-future-manchester-united-captain-gary\" title=\"Phil Jones could be future Manchester United captain - Gary Neville\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Phil Jones could be future Manchester United captain &#8211; Gary Neville<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Matt Scott 30 Jun 2011 13:27:00 Gary Neville of Manchester United(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Former Manchester United captain Gary Neville has backed Phil Jones to lead the club at some point in the future. Jones&#8217; \u00a316 million transfer from Blackburn Rovers to Old Trafford will be finalised on July 1 and Neville predicts that the centre-back, who can also play in midfield, will skipper the side later in his career. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":450992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-451011","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Phil Jones could be future Manchester United captain - Gary Neville - 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\/06\/30\/phil-jones-could-be-future-manchester-united-captain-gary-neville\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Phil Jones could be future Manchester United captain - Gary Neville - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Matt Scott 30 Jun 2011 13:27:00 Gary Neville of Manchester United(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Former Manchester United captain Gary Neville has backed Phil Jones to lead the club at some point in the future. 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