The Academy graduate – who turned 36 at present – returned to the membership final summer time to supply cowl at centre-back, and he has been thrust into the highlight because of a sequence of accidents, making 15 appearances this marketing campaign.
A cultured and skilled worldwide, Evans has stepped as much as the plate by producing a run of commanding performances in defence, offering assurance throughout a very difficult interval for the group.
In recognition, “Jonny Evans is a Crimson” has been repeatedly chanted by match-going United followers up and down the nation – in addition to followers all over the world – which hasn’t gone unnoticed by the person himself, who’s bursting with delight.
“It is nice, and I feel it is taken me 20 years to get a track,” smiles the Northern Irishman, in an interview with membership reporter Zarah Connolly. “I by no means thought it will be that, you realize, taking Gary Neville’s outdated track.
“However to listen to the United followers sing a track for me: that is a dream come true for anybody.”
