On Tuesday, the Manchester United defender Phil Jones was in fine form, roaring and gurning in equal measure as he addressed those who have criticised him and his fellow defender Chris Smalling. These are the edited highlights: “We have proved people wrong … people criticising does spur you on … you are always going to get critics,” he howled, before describing the precise body parts necessary for the modern footballer to use in sticking one to the naysayers. “We just take it on the chin, it is water off a duck’s back”.
Arsène Wenger has taken note of the fact that Smalling has become used to handling criticism and reckons that makes him the perfect man to shore up Arsenal’s defence, a place where he can put his newfound disparagement-deflection skills to a proper test. He’s readying a £12m bid and is willing to throw in a duck should Smalling need the bird in order to deflect any water that comes his way as a consequence. Meanwhile Chuba Akpom, about whom the Mill has spent a difficult 10 minutes weighing up the merits of a brass instrument/Star Wars wookie pun before bailing out on both, is off to Nottingham Forest on loan for the rest of the season.
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