At the age of 24, Jones has now started to string together a succession of games, as Mourinho looks to build for the future. United are reportedly not keen to shell out ?£42million on an unproven defender, after Phil Jones an. us fixtures, results and live match commentaryMourinho knows the player well and is hoping to steal a march on everyone else interested by making an early offer. In 2012, Witsel?made a surprise move from Benfica to the oil riches of Zenit St Petersburg. he recent emergence of Phil Jones and Marcos Rojo as a successful centre-back pairing means United could put any deal off until the summer. Arsenal have time to try and convince their top goalscorer to stay at the club as the Italians will . to talk to?clubs across Europe and can sign a pre-contract during the January transfer window. Stoke for SevillaThe Merseysiders made contact with Sevilla and N’Zonzi about a January switch, but the Frenchman who has been outstanding for the Spaniards since his cut price move from Stoke in 2015 has spurned Everton’s advances. Several offers have been made to the defender but a final agreement just can not be reached which is beginning to frustrate the club and sporting director Patrick Kluivert. Everton boss Ronald Koeman is an admirer and thought he was close to doing a deal last summer.