Phil Jones Injury: Updates on Manchester United Star's Hamstring and Return

Updates from Monday, Oct. 20

Manchester United confirm Phil Jones is fit to play today:

Updates from Tuesday, Oct. 7

Louis van Gaal has delivered a positive update on the fitness of hamstring victim Phil Jones.

Van Gaal is quoted saying by the Daily Star's Colin Harvey:

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Ashley Young, Michael Carrick, Chris Smalling and Phil Jones have started to do some light training.

Anderson is making progress, while I am pleased to report that Jesse Lingard has had his protective knee brace removed and Jonny Evans' protective boot has been removed.

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Updates from Sunday, Oct. 5

Manchester United announced Phil Jones' availability for today's match:

Updates from Thursday, Oct. 2

Phil Jones is expected to return for Manchester United when they face Everton on Sunday.

David McDonnell of the Daily Mirror reports:

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Phil Jones is set to hand Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal an injury boost by returning this weekend.

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Jones has been sidelined for the past three weeks but has resumed training and is in contention to face Everton at Old Trafford on Sunday.

 

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Updates from Thursday, Sept. 25

David McConnell of the Daily Mirror has an update on Jones' status:

Updates from Sunday, Sept. 21

Manchester United confirm Phil Jones is still not fit to play:

Updates from Friday, Sept. 12

Mark Ogden of the Daily Telegraph has bad news on Jones' injury:

Updates from Tuesday, Sept. 9

Jamie Jackson of The Guardian reports Phil Jones will undergo additional testing on his injured hamstring:

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Phil Jones will have the hamstring he injured in England’s 2-0 win over Switzerland examined on Tuesday when the Manchester United defender returns to the club to determine how serious the problem may be.

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Original Text

Manchester United centre-back Phil Jones was forced to leave the pitch with an apparent hamstring injury during England's Euro 2016 qualifier against Switzerland, putting a question mark next to his name for United's match against Queens Park Rangers.   

England's Twitter feed announced the substitution late in their fixture in Basel, as the 22-year-old was replaced by Everton's Phil Jagielka:

Bleacher Report's Jerrad Peters confirmed Jones appeared to suffer a hamstring injury:

Jones is a pivotal member of the Red Devils' back three, and the Manchester Evening News' Rob Dawson didn't like the news from a club perspective:

The centre-back didn't appear to pick up the injury in a direct confrontation with a Swiss player but visibly started to limp late in the match, indicating that the muscle perhaps just got overworked.

As shared by Squawka, Jones has made an excellent start to the 2014-15 season:

It's far too early to speculate on the extent of the injury, but problems with the hamstring have a tendency to linger if a player is rushed back to the pitch.

United won't play QPR for almost a week, so the club will have plenty of opportunities to assess the damage and act accordingly.

New signing Marcos Rojo is expected to make his debut on Sunday, playing on the left side of the Red Devils' back three. This likely means one of the current starters would shift wide, giving United plenty of experience in defence in the absence of Jones.