Could Manchester United supporters finally be seeing the best of Phil Jones?

Alex Ferguson, the manager who brought him to Old Trafford from Blackburn Rovers for £16.5 million in the summer of 2011, said back in 2013 that Jones could be United’s “best ever player.” Bobby Charlton said the defender reminded him of the great Duncan Edwards — some comparison indeed.

But since the move, an injury-plagued career has seen him struggle to form a ‘Ferdinand-Vidic’ type partnership at the heart of the United defence.