Injury-cursed Jones to leave Man Utd after 12 years

(*12*)United introduced on Friday Jones’ troubled time in Manchester will finish when his contract expires in June.

(*12*)The 31-year-old, who joined from Blackburn in 2011, performed 229 occasions, scoring six objectives for United and serving to them win one Premier League title, an FA Cup and the Europa League.

(*12*)Jones, who’s but to resolve whether or not he’ll keep it up taking part in, wrote on Twitter: “It is not a time to be unhappy. It is a time to look again, for me and my household, and be comfortable that I managed to dwell a dream at United.

(*12*)”I can at all times say to my household and buddies that not many individuals get to play for this membership, to at all times be in its historical past and to have the opportunity to look again with such comfortable recollections.”

(*12*)Jones has not performed in over a 12 months and managed solely 13 appearances for the reason that begin of the 2019-20 season.

(*12*)”I want I might have performed extra. I want I might have given extra to the various squads I performed alongside,” he mentioned.

(*12*)”I’ll say, from the underside of my coronary heart, I did all the pieces I might. I’ve mentioned earlier than that I discovered it arduous to even communicate to my team-mates as a result of I used to be damage that I could not assist them.

(*12*)”Typically, in life, issues occur that we do not like, however now we have to study to settle for it and be at peace in our minds that we did all the pieces we might to overcome the challenges.”