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Exclusive: Jonny Evans Ready for One Last Dance as Sheff Utd and West Brom Line Up Move
Manchester United veteran defender Jonny Evans, out of contract this summer, may be offered a Premier League lifeline by Championship clubs Sheffield United and West Brom. With a distinguished career spanning nearly 20 years, a move could provide a new opportunity for the experienced player.
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Veteran Manchester United defender Jonny Evans could be offered a Premier League lifeline.
The three-time Premier League winner is out of contract this summer at Old Trafford and has played just 12 games all season, six of those as a substitute.
According to sources close to SportsBoom.com, a number of Championship clubs, including promotion-chasing Sheffield United and former club West Brom, have expressed an interest in signing the player.
Evans, 37, started his career with United having graduated through the club’s world-renowned youth system.
But the experienced Northern Ireland international, capped 107 times by his country over an impressive 18-year international career, is not ready to hang up his boots just yet.
With 18 Premier League seasons under his belt, it’s perhaps unsurprising clubs like the Blades and the Baggies are admirers of Evans, especially if they can both respectively win promotion to the top-flight.
He also won the League Cup twice with United, the FA Cup last season and has also won the FIFA Club World Cup and famously won the UEFA Champions League in 2007-08 under legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson.
DISTINGUISHED CAREER
Evans has enjoyed a distinguished professional career lasting nearly 20 years, playing 198 times for the Red Devils between 2006-2015, before returning to the 13-time Premier League champions for a second spell in July 2023, initially on a short-term deal.
But the Belfast-born centre-back, who also won the FA Cup with Leicester City during a career littered with trophies, soon secured a longer deal and has played 42 games since his return to the start of his football journey via successful spells with Sunderland, West Brom and Leicester City in the Premier League.
Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim is expected to have a big clear-out at Old Trafford this summer, hungry to offload some of the players he inherited from former manager Erik ten Hag.
And while Evans is highly-regarded for his professionalism at United, at 37 he doesn’t fit the bill of the young players Amorim is trying to sign to strengthen his squad.
Evans has previously been linked with a move to former Scottish Premiership champions Rangers, as well as high-profile move to Saudi Arabia.
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