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Man Utd defender Evans wants to help Northern Ireland reach major tournament

Manchester United defender Jonny Evans will do all he can to help Northern Ireland qualify for a major tournament during his career.

With United still challenging for the Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup, the 22-year-old claims they would have to take all three trophies to top taking Northern Ireland back onto the world stage.

"I think qualifying for a major tournament with Northern Ireland would sort of eclipse anything I could achieve with Manchester United, unless it was something like the treble, really cleaning up," said Evans.

"Definitely, it's a harder task to qualify. I think it's harder to win the Premier League or the Champions League than it is to qualify for a major tournament with, say England.

"But I do believe it's harder for us to qualify for a big tournament than it would be for Manchester United to win the Champions League or the Premier League.

"Saying that, I don't think the lads come here thinking 'we'll just turn up', just look at how hard we work on the pitch."

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