{"id":290065,"date":"2023-09-26T10:36:22","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T10:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=290065"},"modified":"2023-09-26T10:36:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T10:36:22","slug":"phil-jones-reveals-next-career-move-after-manchester-united-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/phil-jones-reveals-next-career-move-after-manchester-united-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Jones reveals next career move after Manchester United exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Phil Jones reveals his next career move after leaving Manchester United in the summer following 12 years at Old Trafford<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Phil Jones left Manchester United in the summer as a free agent<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The former England international has enrolled on a PFA course<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mail Sport&#8217;s new WhatsApp Channel: Get the breaking news and exclusives here\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Phil Jones has announced his new career move after leaving Manchester United as a free agent in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old revealed on social media on Tuesday that he has enrolled on a PFA global football sport directorship course and confirmed he was\u00a0currently doing his coaching badges.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Start of a new journey,&#8217; he wrote on social media as caption to a series of pictures showing him coaching United youth teams.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Great to begin the global football sport directorship course with the PFA business school, learning new things about the game, whilst also continuing to push ahead with my A licence and badges at the club that gave me so much.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Excited to get started.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/26\/10\/75842509-0-Phil_Jones_is_currently_doing_his_coaches_badges_at_Manchester_U-a-41_1695720921304.jpg\" height=\"364\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Phil Jones is currently doing his coaches badges at Manchester United\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Jones left\u00a0United upon the expiry of his contract<span>\u00a0earlier this summer after 12 years with the club.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The former England international has since been back at Carrington to watch training sessions involving United youth teams.<\/p>\n<p>Sources close to United insist there are no plans for Jones to join the coaching staff on a permanent basis.<\/p>\n<p>Former players regularly engage with the academy at Old Trafford, giving a great opportunity to the young players to work with experienced ex-United players.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jones remains a free agent and could sign for a new club outside of the transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>The defender has been plagued by injuries throughout his career and made just 13 appearances in all competitions over the last three seasons, failing to play a single minute last term.<\/p>\n<p>His last Premier League start came in April last year as United were trounced 4-0 at Anfield towards the end of Ralf Rangnick&#8217;s ill-fated interim spell at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s been very difficult, the last couple of years,&#8217;\u00a0Jones, who made 229 appearances for United and scored six goals, said after leaving the 20-time champions of England.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/26\/10\/75842505-0-The_former_United_defender_revealed_he_has_enrolled_in_a_sports_-a-40_1695720912781.jpg\" height=\"417\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The former United defender revealed he has enrolled in a sports directorship course<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/26\/10\/75842507-0-Jones_was_spotted_watching_United_youth_teams_in_action_over_the-a-39_1695720902308.jpg\" height=\"366\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jones was spotted watching United youth teams in action over the summer\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no denying that.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There is no hiding away from that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;My family have been absolutely instrumental in keeping me on the straight and narrow and keeping me focused, to try to get fit and try to play more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And, you know, I&#8217;ve missed playing football. 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