{"id":208855,"date":"2025-06-23T23:07:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T23:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/208855\/"},"modified":"2025-06-23T23:07:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T23:07:11","slug":"manchester-united-defender-set-for-instant-old-trafford-return-as-decision-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/208855\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United defender set for instant Old Trafford return as decision made"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest Manchester United news as the centre-back is one of the players out of contract at the end of this month.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1750720030_724_0_Manchester-United-FC-v-Aston-Villa-FC-Premier-League.jpg\" alt=\"Jonny Evans applauds the fans at the end of the Premier League match between Manchester United FC and Aston Villa FC at Old Trafford. \" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Jonny Evans is reportedly set for a new role at Manchester United following the expiry of his contract. (Image: Ash Donelon\/Manchester United via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Manchester United\u2019s out of contract defender <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/jonny-evans\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Jonny Evans<\/a> will make an instant return to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/old-trafford\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Old Trafford<\/a> this summer, despite his playing contract with the club expiring at the start of next month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The 37-year-old returned to the club where he started his career two years ago, following the expiry of his contract with Leicester City. Earlier this month it was confirmed that Evans\u2019 contract at <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/manchester-united-fc\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">United<\/a> wouldn\u2019t be renewed this summer, with the defender expected to leave the club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">There had been reports that he was set to retire, but that is yet to be confirmed. It now however seems that is the case, with Evans staying at United, but this time as a member of staff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/articles\/cdxleqg71llo\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC Sport<\/a> reports that the former Northern Ireland international is set to retire before taking up a role as loans manager with United. The new job will see him look after players out on loan during the 2025\/26 season. He replaces Les Parry who left the club back in November.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6388427\/2025\/06\/23\/jonny-evans-manchester-united-staff\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">The Athletic<\/a> say that United see Evans as a valuable asset to the club due to his character, professionalism and experience of winning. His role will also involve bridging the pathway between playing academy and senior football, something that he has experienced himself, coming through the youth teams at United.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">During his two spells at Old Trafford, Evans played 241 times, scoring eight goals. With the club as a player, he was part of a squad that won three <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/premier-league\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> titles, two League Cups, one <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/fa-cup\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">FA Cup<\/a> and one <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/uefa-champions-league\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Champions League<\/a>. He also won the FA Cup with Leicester in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Man United&#8217;s 2025\/26 home kit<\/p>\n<p>This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/affiliates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749716838_218_0_Untitledjpeg.jpg\" alt=\"Content Image\" fetchpriority=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a385<\/p>\n<p>Fanatics<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"AffiliateContent_content-buy-btn__xWiVO buy-btn\" aria-label=\"Buy button\" href=\"https:\/\/fanatics.93n6tx.net\/c\/344386\/586570\/9663?subId1=Regionals-FootballLondon&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fanatics.co.uk%2Fen%2Fpremier-league%2Fmanchester-united%2Fmanchester-united-adidas-home-shirt-2025-26%2Fo-10864828%2Bt-14088979%2Bp-24773536747%2Bz-9-2276863548\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">Get the kit here<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Manchester United have launched their new home kit for the 2025\/26 season with an Adidas shirt paying tribute to Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Fans can order their <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/fanatics.93n6tx.net\/c\/344386\/586570\/9663?subId1=Regionals-FootballLondon&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fanatics.co.uk%2Fen%2Fpremier-league%2Fmanchester-united%2Fmanchester-united-adidas-home-shirt-2025-26%2Fo-10864828%2Bt-14088979%2Bp-24773536747%2Bz-9-2276863548\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Men&#8217;s<\/a>, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/fanatics.93n6tx.net\/c\/344386\/586570\/9663?subId1=Regionals-FootballLondon&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fanatics.co.uk%2Fen%2Fpremier-league%2Fmanchester-united%2Fmanchester-united-adidas-home-shirt-2025-26-womens%2Fo-21087139%2Bt-14758902%2Bp-57444767859%2Bz-9-210347175\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Women&#8217;s<\/a> and <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/fanatics.93n6tx.net\/c\/344386\/586570\/9663?subId1=Regionals-FootballLondon&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fanatics.co.uk%2Fen%2Fpremier-league%2Fmanchester-united%2Fmanchester-united-adidas-home-shirt-2025-26-kids%2Fo-10752684%2Bt-36319013%2Bp-13663412176%2Bz-9-2398554254\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Kid&#8217;s<\/a> shirt today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The latest Manchester United news as the centre-back is one of the players out of contract at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208856,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[12233,423,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-208855","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-jonny-evans","9":"tag-manchester-united-fc","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114735195413342731","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}