{"id":209228,"date":"2025-06-24T02:29:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T02:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/209228\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T02:29:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T02:29:11","slug":"jonny-evans-to-extend-stay-at-manchester-united-as-he-agrees-new-job-with-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/209228\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonny Evans to extend stay at Manchester United as he agrees new job with club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jonny Evans is reportedly set to stay at Manchester United by taking a new role at Old Trafford.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old was announced on <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/sport\/football\/team\/113099\/manchester-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the club&#8217;s<\/a> retained and released list as a player who will leave this summer upon his contract expiry.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Evans looks set to stay at United, but not as a player\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jonny-evans-manchester-united-carabao-933755587.jpg\" data-caption=\"Evans looks set to stay at United, but not as a player\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jonny-evans-manchester-united-carabao-933755587.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>Evans looks set to stay at United, but not as a playerCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>However <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/jonny-evans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Evans<\/a>, who made 241 appearances for United, looks likely to uptake a new position with the Premier League giants.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by The Athletic, he is in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6388427\/2025\/06\/23\/jonny-evans-manchester-united-staff\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">advanced talks<\/a> regarding a staff role that&#8217;s related to the club&#8217;s youth development.<\/p>\n<p>Evans seemingly has the credentials for the job having been one of their successful academy graduates.<\/p>\n<p>The Northern Irishman joined the United youth setup in 2004 and later made his senior debut in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Three Premier League titles and a Champions League would come his way at Old Trafford in a glittering first spell.<\/p>\n<p>Evans also won two League Cups, four Community Shields, the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The centre-back departed United in 2015 for West Brom, for whom he made 96 appearances in three seasons.<\/p>\n<p>After the Baggies&#8217; relegation in 2018, Leicester City triggered his release clause and welcomed him on a three-year deal.<\/p>\n<p>Evans was part of the Foxes squad that won the FA Cup in 2021 and became club captain in his final season.<\/p>\n<p>After being released by Leicester, he signed a short-term deal back at United as part of their pre-season plans.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A position working in youth development could be his next step\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"AFP\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/35-jonny-evans-celebrates-winning-904665993.jpg\" data-caption=\"A position working in youth development could be his next step\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/35-jonny-evans-celebrates-winning-904665993.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>A position working in youth development could be his next stepCredit: AFP<\/p>\n<p>He swiftly sign a one-year deal and win his first FA Cup with the club, before signing another 12-month contract.<\/p>\n<p>However, injury would keep him absent from the side for much of the 2024\/25 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Evans&#8217; last ever competitive appearance for United came in a 2-0 win against Aston Villa in their final Premier League match of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran then featured in their two post-season friendlies against ASEAN All-Stars and Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p>United next face Leeds United in Sweden before a trip to the United States for matches in the Premier League summer series.<\/p>\n<p>West Ham, Bournemouth and Everton are their opponents before a final pre-season clash against Fiorentina at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jonny Evans is reportedly set to stay at Manchester United by taking a new role at Old Trafford.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209229,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,4884,12233,2465,98,83719,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-209228","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-jonny-evans","12":"tag-manchester","13":"tag-manchester-united","14":"tag-new-job","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114735989874869544","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209228","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=209228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}