After going a whole summer without signing a single player, Tottenham fans know what it’s like to be disappointed in a transfer window. However, not signing anyone would be better than signing Phil Jones from Manchester United, which is what The Sun has linked Tottenham with doing in one of the coming January or Summer windows.
[@SunSport] also now understand Tottenham Hotspur are keeping tabs on Man Utd defender Phil Jones ahead of January.
The England international defender is out of contract at Man United next summer with Spurs understood to be on the radar and monitoring his progress.#THFC #COYS pic.twitter.com/T1nicrKWyM
— Ricky Sacks (@RickSpur) 11 November 2018
When Phil Jones arrived at Manchester United he was tipped for great things. The 26-year-old defender signed for the club from Blackburn back in 2011 and he’s failed to live up to the high expectations that the fans and the club had of him when he signed. However, The Sun claims that with less than 12 months to go on his deal, United are keen to activate an extension to avoid the likes of Tottenham and Arsenal swooping to sign him on a free next summer.
As far as The Lilywhites are concerned, Phil Jones would be a horrendous transfer for them to make. The club currently have Toby Alderweireld, Jan Vertonghen, Davinson Sanchez and the emerging Juan Foyth as their four options at the back and even though they could be set to lose Alderweireld, replacing him with Jones would be a catastrophic error of judgement from Mauricio Pochettino.
You can read the devastated Lilywhites’ verdict on the Jones rumours here:
I’d rather have a stop sign out in the pitch than him! Hopeless
— Chris O'Donnell (@ChrisODonnell18) November 11, 2018
No way. He’s not good enough for Orient let alone us
— debbie roberts (@spursandmurs) 11 November 2018
This can’t be real.
— Derrell Bradford (@Dyrnwyn) November 11, 2018
No way…hes useless..surely we can set our sights a bit higher than that..seriously
COYS— Shivvy10 (@shivfurlong10) 12 November 2018
This best had be a joke
— Lee Grimbo (@LGrimbo) November 12, 2018
Not a good purchase. Hopefully this is false. We can definitely do better
— Derek (blue tick) (@derekthagreat) November 12, 2018
I’ll take another dry window than signing this thing
— CJ (@ChojyK) November 12, 2018
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
— Scott Clay (@scotthclay) November 11, 2018
https://twitter.com/joey_tyrrell/status/1061661010870837249
https://twitter.com/LePunkster/status/1061655656606978048
The Lilywhites would be distraught if they signed Jones and would much rather go another window without making a purchase than signing the Manchester United flop.
