Sunderland Echo

Ex-Sunderland loan star Evans concerned over Foxes future...

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Evans was signed in the January and helped Sunderland gain promotion to the Premier League, making 18 appearance­s.

The now 100-cap Northern Ireland internatio­nal returned to Wearside mid-way through the following campaign and played another 15 times in the league as Sunderland avoided relegation, before returning to Manchester United and winning three Premier League titles and the Champions League.

Asked on Sky Sports before Leicester’s game against West Ham United at the King Power Stadium if his body could take another season, Evans said: “I don’t know.

"You never know. It’s been a difficult season. I don’t know what is going to happen next season with myself personally.

“I have two internatio­nal matches in June for Northern Ireland and I’ll probably assess things after that.

"I picked up one or two injuries in October, November-time and the knock-on effect of that when I was coming back to training, I was probably pushing too much and felt like I was playing catch-up and maybe overextend­ing myself and reinjuring myself quite a bit.”

Following relegation, Evans stated: “It’s hard to take.

"We knew it would be a tough ask. We knew we had to win our game and hope something went for us. It didn’t.

“As the game went on, we were asking the referee, asking the linesman (about the Everton score).

"There were a few cheers but we didn’t know what they were about.

"We were trying to cope with that and focus on taking our game right to the end.

“It’s hard to put a finger on things. Everyone wants to blame things.

"As a club, we haven’t been good enough. We’re out of the league. It’s a great club. I have no doubt it’ll bounce back.

“You have to earn the right. There’s so many good teams in this league. Everything has to go right for you. It’s a really competitiv­e league. It’s tough. If you’re not on it, you get punished.

“After the first couple of months, after a bad start, it’s hard to turn it around. We got ourselves into a bad place and found it difficult to get out.

“It’s been difficult (with injury). I feel a bit guilty. Maybe pushing it too much with the eagerness. You never know what way the club will see things. We will have to deal with the uncertaint­y. A lot of players are out of contract and I’d guess there will be a lot of changes at the club.”

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