Evans ready for fight for first-team place

The 23-year-old has made 48 league appearances for the Red Devils, impressing for the Old Trafford outfit when he deputised for Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic at the heart of the club's back line in 2008.

However, the Northern Ireland international's form last term failed to hit the same heights, with Chris Smalling - who joined the Red Devils from Fulham a year ago - rising above Evans in the pecking order.

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Gregg Davies

Gregg Davies is the Chief Sub Editor of FourFourTwo magazine, joining the team in January 2008 and spending seven years working on the website. He supports non-league behemoths Hereford and commentates on Bulls matches for Radio Hereford FC. His passions include chocolate hobnobs and attempting to shoehorn Ronnie Radford into any office conversation.