Manchester United leave rivals trailing with £16m bid for Phil Jones
Manchester United accelerated what promises to be a hectic summer of transfer business when they gazumped Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal with a £16m deal for Phil Jones of Blackburn Rovers and set about recouping the money by accepting a £12m bid from Sunderland for John O'Shea, Darron Gibson and Wes Brown. Sunderland hope to conclude a deal for the three out-of-favour United players with the money they have received from Liverpool as part of the £20m package that has seen
Jordan Henderson move to Anfield, with the striker David Ngog heading in the opposite direction as a makeweight valued around £7m.