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title: "Manchester United: Fans gutted over Marcos Rojo potentially leaving over Phil Jones"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-united-fans-gutted-over-marcos-rojo-potentially-leaving-over-phil-jones/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Emilio Galantini"
section: "Manchester United Football Club"
published: "2019-12-31T22:00:49Z"
modified: "2019-12-31T22:00:49Z"
---

# Manchester United: Fans gutted over Marcos Rojo potentially leaving over Phil Jones

**According to a report from the[Manchester Evening News](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/man-united-transfer-news-rojo-17487298), Red Devils defender Marcos Rojo has been put on standby ahead of a possible January move away from Old Trafford – with some Manchester United fans wondering why he is the one potentially exiting and not other candidates.**

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The Argentine recently came back from a [muscle injury](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/man-united-transfer-news-rojo-17487298) and briefly returned to training before heading back to his home country to spend time with family over Christmas – with other defenders Phil Jones and Ashley Young seemingly getting the nod over him.

Rojo, who was signed just after the 2014 World Cup from Sporting Lisbon in a [£16 million deal](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/28858116), has found himself out of favour during manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s reign – making just [eight Premier League appearances](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/70050/History/Marcos-Rojo) overall since the start of the 2018/2019 season.

As a result, it’s no surprise Rojo could be gearing up for a move away, but these United supporters definitely aren’t pleased – here’s what they had to say on Twitter.

> Yet Phil Jones was given a 5 year contract although he’s a worse player. English agenda shining through again.
>
> — Calum (@UtdCalum) [December 30, 2019](https://twitter.com/UtdCalum/status/1211695295962255360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Rojo 😭 better than Lindelöf as well…
>
> — Zahen @utdzedo SUSPENSION (@PlayTheYoof) [December 30, 2019](https://twitter.com/PlayTheYoof/status/1211694627809628166?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Jones, Young, Shaw and Bailly all deserve to go before Rojo.
>
> — Shoaib Ansari (@ashoaib053) [December 31, 2019](https://twitter.com/ashoaib053/status/1211878049077178370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Yet Phil Jones is still here…. Incredible ! 🤬
>
> — DALOTicus (@daloticus) [December 30, 2019](https://twitter.com/daloticus/status/1211745762608066561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> what about Jones? what is he still doing in our beloved club
>
> — Reflex-shun (@youngluck88) [December 30, 2019](https://twitter.com/youngluck88/status/1211701212992671745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Get rid of Jones instead, Rojo can actually be trusted when playing
>
> — wwe28t (@SPECIAL\_JUAN\_) [December 30, 2019](https://twitter.com/SPECIAL_JUAN_/status/1211741411575521280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Rojo can play lcb and lb.. It would be more effective to get rid of jones/young.. But I guess brexit fc fans wouldn’t be happy with that 😂
>
> — wubba lubba dub dub💤💤 (@RedDeviil93) [December 30, 2019](https://twitter.com/RedDeviil93/status/1211699222023753729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***Man United fans, how do you feel about Rojo’s potential departure? Join the discussion by commenting below…***