Former Manchester United player Sir Alex Ferguson has declared himself the club’s future captain

Peter Schmeichel revealed that Sir Alex Ferguson had Jonny Evans assigned as Manchester United’s future captain before his departure.

The Northern Ireland international began his career at Old Trafford, breaking through the ranks before leaving the club in 2015 to join West Brom.

Evans continued moving to Leicester City in 2018, where he established himself at the center of the Foxes’ defense and is helping them guide them towards possible Champions League qualification this season.

Playing alongside his son Kasper at King Power Stadium, Schmeichel has seen many Evans in the past two years and believes that United would benefit from his leadership skills.

Speaking at the MUTV group chat, Schmeichel said: “We have to hug on the back again and I have a name for you.

“I watch Leicester at every game, and obviously my son plays there, so I don’t want this guy to leave, but I don’t understand that we could sell Jonny Evans.

“It is simply incredible. He plays every game now, I know he had injury problems when he was with us, but I don’t think he ever had time to get over them.

“He plays all the games, he is an absolutely born leader, he speaks – you can hear him now – he speaks and speaks and speaks, directs everyone, makes everyone around him better. And I could see it in the center of defense for us and it would improve so much. “

Schmeichel added: “Sir Alex has always looked at Jonny Evans as the next captain, the next to lead the team, and is probably the most important thing for me as a player.

“It’s that quality, he’s a born leader. And it’s interesting to watch football these days because you can really feel how each team, or how each player, communicates on the pitch.

“And for many teams, it’s very, very quiet. It doesn’t have the same kind of noise on the pitch as I did when everyone was constantly talking and screaming and giving directions.

“But listen to Jonny, you can feel him all the time, and I think if you can bring some of that quality into what we have at the moment, we will improve it so much.

“I look at the goals we are giving, I would say only by adding a little quality, we could literally prevent all of them. We are not conceding difficult goals, there is always a kind of mistake. “