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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Donald McRae

Phil Jones: ‘I’ll never give up. I feel like I’m still good enough’

Phil Jones
Phil Jones: ‘My kids thought I just kicked a ball in the park with my mates.’ Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

“I feel lucky,” Phil Jones says after he has considered the bruising abuse he endured on social media and in person, his long catalogue of injuries and the fact that he now hardly plays for Manchester United despite being his team’s best player in a solitary Premier League appearance this season.

“I’m 100% lucky to have played in two World Cups, been through the Euros and had some fantastic moments at Old Trafford with some amazing players. Of course people say: ‘You should have done this, you could have done that, blah blah blah.’ But I feel so lucky.”

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