By ESPNsoccernet staff
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed Brazilian defender
Fabio will go out on loan next season and hailed Jonny Evans as possibly the
best defender in England.
Although he featured in the Red Devils' Champions League final defeat to
Barcelona last season, Fabio has failed to progress as expected.
A succession of niggling injuries have not helped and Fabio had made
just 15 appearances in all competitions this term and started only twice in
league combat.
And, while it will mean splitting him from twin Rafael, but Ferguson believes the best thing for Fabio's
development is a spell away from Old Trafford.
''Fabio will go on loan next season to give him concentrated first-team
experience,'' Ferguson told United Review.
''I have already talked to him and he understands the value of playing
regularly at a higher level than we can give him at the moment.''
Evans is among a number of United players who have benefitted from the loan
system, spending time at both Royal Antwerp and Sunderland.
And that experience has come to the fore this season as Evans has proved to be
an able deputy for injured skipper Nemanja Vidic - so good indeed that Ferguson
believes the Northern Ireland international stands comparison with the very
best.
''I must admit my heart sank a little when I learned just how long Nemanja
Vidic was going to be out,'' the Scot said.
''He and Rio Ferdinand had become the cornerstone of our defence but Rio
responded brilliantly, despite his back problem, and has now struck up a fine
partnership with Jonny Evans.
''Jonny came to us from Belfast when he was 12 or 13, always exceptionally
talented but gangly with physical issues growing up.
''We had him out on loan with Antwerp and Sunderland and now we are seeing the
value of nurturing him. There is no doubt he has been helped playing alongside the experience of Rio
and he is now arguably the best defender in the country.''
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