A Manchester United legend has retired from football after leaving the club at the end of his contract.
Ruben Amorim's side are currently reeling from a disastrous post-season tour of Malaysia, that was rocked by speculation over the future of Bruno Fernandes and incidents involving Alejandro Garnacho and Amad Diallo.
Now, when the club look to bounce back next season they will be doing it without one of their most experienced players.
On Saturday it was announced that Jonny Evans would be retiring from football ahead of the expiry of his contract at the end of June.
Evans made over 240 appearances in all competitions across two spells at Old Trafford, winning three Premier League titles, the Champions League and the FA Cup.
The 37-year-old bows out as one of the most decorated Northern Irish footballers in history and represented his country 107 times at senior level.
With Evans no longer at the club, United will head into the coming campaign without a player that played during Sir Alex Ferguson's reign at the club for the first time since 1974.
After impressing scouts whilst playing for his local side Greenisland, Evans began training with United's academy as a youth before signing for the club after relocating to Manchester.
Evans' first taste of senior football came on loan at Belgian side Royal Antwerp during the 2006-07 campaign where he was joined by fellow United starlets Fraizer Campbell and Danny Simpson.
A short loan in the Championship with Sunderland followed before Evans returned to Old Trafford.
During that time the young defender featured in two early round matches of the 2007-08 Champions League campaign that United went on to triumph in, becoming the club's first Northern Irishman to get a winner's medal since George Best in 1968.
With United's defence anchored by the incomparable pairing of Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand at the time Evans continued to struggle for first-team minutes and again went on loan to Sunderland.
Following his return, however, Evans would become a consistent feature for United, regularly deputising in the heart of defence.
Evans would go on to claim three Premier League titles at Old Trafford, including during Sir Alex Ferguson's final season at United.
In 2015 Evans joined West Brom, spending three seasons at the Hawthorns and served as the club's captain before moving on to Leicester in 2018.
A successful spell in the East Midlands followed, with Evans forming a formidable defensive partnership alongside Harry Maguire in the Foxes' defence.
Leicester would go on to win the FA Cup in 2021 but Evans again found himself on the move when the club were relegated to the Championship two years later.
On his return to United Evans was expected to serve as a peripheral figure in the squad, offering defensive cover and passing on his experience to the crop of young talent.
However, a slew of injuries saw Evans make 30 appearances in all competitions under then-boss Erik ten Hag and he appeared as a second-half substitute as United defeated bitter rivals Man City in the FA Cup final last year.
The arrival of Matthijs De Ligt saw Evans pushed further down the pecking order at United this season but he still managed seven league appearances.
In his final competitive appearance for the club, Evans appeared as a late substitute as United defeated Aston Villa on the final day of the season.
