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Manchester United's Phil Jones the best U23 centre-back - CIES research

Manchester United defender Phil Jones is the best centre-back under the age of 23 in the top five European leagues, according to new research by International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES).

The study, which only took players born on or after Jan. 1, 1992 who had played over 50 percent of games this season into account, revealed that Jones has scored highly in the Key Performance Indicators for United this season and is head and shoulders above his peers, such as Paris Stain-Germain's Marquinhos or Real Madrid's Raphael Varane.

Two other Premier League players, Michael Keane (Burnley) and Jores Okore (Aston Villa) also made the top 10 while U.S. international John Brooks (Hertha Berlin) came 13th.

In other positions, Layvin Kurzawa (Monaco) finished highest among the full-backs with Arsenal's Calum Chambers in eighth, while Marco Verratti (PSG) topped the defensive midfielder group ahead of Juventus' Paul Pogba.

Attacking midfield saw Isco (Real Madrid) come out on top with Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) ending up in ninth. Wilfred Zaha (Crystal Palace), Ross Barkley (Everton) and Christian Eriksen (Tottenham) finished in 13th and joint-14th.

In the striking department, Felipe Anderson (Lazio) edged out Neymar (Barcelona), while the Premier League's Young Player of the Year Harry Kane (Tottenham) came sixth and Raheem Sterling (Liverpool) seventh.

Less renowned talents such as Jose Gimenez (Atletico Madrid), Ricardo Rodríguez (Wolfsburg), Granit Xhaka (Borussia Monchengladbach), Bernardo Silva (Monaco) and Clinton N'Jie (Lyon) also made the lists.

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http://www.espnfc.us/barclays-premier-league/story/2434396/manchester-united-phil-jones-the-best-u23-centre-back-study

Can't really argue with facts, can you b)

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"Manchester United could retain on-loan Monaco striker Radamel Falcao for a second season if goalkeeper David De Gea agrees to sign a new contract with the club - because the players share the same agent, reports the Manchester Evening News."

Not worth it at all. Falcao literally a waste of a bench space.

Swap dave + cash for bale. Buy lloris from spurs. Sell Di Maria for hummels and a decent forward. Imo anyways.

Dave has been good but if keeping him is going to cost 200k a week for him and 300k a week for Falcao it's just not worth it.

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Depends how long El Dave signs for and if any of our strikers leaves.

No point having all Wayme, Robin and Falcao if we're gonna play 1 up front.

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Depends how long El Dave signs for and if any of our strikers leaves.

No point having all Wayme, Robin and Falcao if we're gonna play 1 up front.

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RvP and falcao on their way out imo.

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Robin will stay I reckon, he's happy to play part time role and I hope he will, he's my favourite United player who's still at the club b)