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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Steven Railston

Manchester United must prepare for defensive change ahead of five players' potential summer exits

Forgotten player Phil Jones stood alongside Roy Keane, Gary Neville and David Ginola at Wembley before the Carabao Cup final against Newcastle last month, but he was wearing a navy suit on the touchline, not a Manchester United training kit.

Jones was at Wembley as a pundit for Sky Sports, not a player. His name no longer appears on the back of the matchday programme for Old Trafford games and he'll be permanently removed from the squad list on the club website in a few months.

United excluded Jones, who has started just two games in the last three years, from their Premier League and Europa League squads that were submitted in September and his time in Manchester is finally drawing to a conclusion.

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