{"id":434029,"date":"2025-12-08T20:30:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T20:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/434029\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T20:30:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T20:30:22","slug":"manchester-united-confirm-shock-departure-of-former-player-jonny-evans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/434029\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United confirm shock departure of former player Jonny Evans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jonny Evans took up the position of head of loans and pathways at Man Utd after hanging up his boots last season.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_GettyImages-2216996781.jpg\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Evans has left United.(Image: 2025 Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">Manchester United have confirmed Jonny Evans has stepped down from his role as head of loans and pathways. Evans took up the position in June following his retirement as a player, but he has left after six months. He was responsible for arranging loans for youngsters and worked closely with Jason Wilcox to &#8216;enhance processes which maximise individual player development and prepare young talent to perform in the first-team&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">When Evans was appointed, he said in a statement: \u201cI am looking forward to working with the next generation of talented players to support them to reach their potential.&#8221; However, the 37-year-old has decided to leave to spend more time with his family, and it&#8217;s understood he will now take time away from the game before deciding what to do next.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">United sources have said the departure is amicable and Evans leaves with the best wishes of everyone at the club. Evans&#8217; transition into the role had confirmed the end of his playing career. The defender enjoyed two stints at United after coming through the club&#8217;s academy and made 241 appearances for the Reds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">The Northern Irishman won the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/uefa-champions-league\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Champions LeagueLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Champions League<\/a>, three <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/premier-league\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Premier LeagueLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> titles, the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/fa-cup\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"FA CupLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">FA Cup<\/a> and two League Cups with United, while he made a total of 536 career appearances. Evans earned 107 caps for Northern Ireland and was awarded an MBE in 2023 for his services to football.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jonny Evans took up the position of head of loans and pathways at Man Utd after hanging up&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":434030,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[201220,3898,221,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-434029","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-jonny-evans","9":"tag-manchester-united-fc","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}