“He is a top player, whose only fault is that at times it gets too easy for him!”



Jonny Evans’ former manager at West Bromwich Albion, Tony Pulis, may be talking with his tongue pressed firmly in his cheek, but it is certainly true that the Northern Irishman is making defending look easy for Leicester City this season.



Of course it takes hard work, but the 31-year-old is arguably in the best form of his career. He is demonstrating to Manchester United, who decided to let him go in 2015, what they are missing, and what potential suitors Manchester City and Arsenal could potentially have tapped into, too.



Their losses have been Leicester’s gain.



After coming through the academy system at United with his brother Corry, thanks to mum Dawn and dad Jackie’s decision to move the family from Belfast, he went on to win three Premier League titles at Old Trafford. But Louis van Gaal then decided he didn’t want Evans any...