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At least people on here don't talk like that.Tom Cleverley | 2014/15 Performances (on loan at Aston Villa)
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Possible little in for vlaar with this?
I'm not sure we'd have let Cleverley go without having another signing in the bag. I do expect more exits though.
He'll be average even at Villa. I see him getting more game time at the start of his career there and progressively less as the season goes. Cleverly is a championship player. Villa is the beginning of a merry go round career among the dross of the EPL.
Best news since Di Maria. I hope we hang onto Shinji though
9m is standard for a player like Cleverley its just we usually sell for ridiculous low fees. Hopefully Woodward is able to recoup more money from our other sales.
The reason we got a good fee for him is because there were probably other clubs after him.
Roberto Martinez and Everton for one.
If Welbeck leaves (which I hope he doesn't because he can make it here unlike Clebs) then I think we'll get a good fee for him too.
My preference would be just to loan him out this year, and then bring him back next year when hopefully we'll need a bigger squad again.
Roberto Martinez and Everton for one.
If Welbeck leaves (which I hope he doesn't because he can make it here unlike Clebs) then I think we'll get a good fee for him too.
My preference would be just to loan him out this year, and then bring him back next year when hopefully we'll need a bigger squad again.
You never know what he'll do at Villa. Playing at a club like United freezes some players, who just can't make the step up. Fellaini is a decent example i suppose. Who knows? He may well see himself as a big fish in a small pond, and the upturn in his confidence could do wonders for him. He might be a bit more incisive instead of the 5 yard passes we've grown accustomed to. Whatever the case, good luck Tom, pity it never worked out.
I', a bit sad it didn't work out, its always nice to see the local lads prosper at the club, but he had the one really good run of form at the start of the 11/12 season, got injured and he has never really got back to that again. I think the change of club will do him the world of good to be honest, I don't think he can ever step up to the level we need to be challenging for the major trophies, so leaving is for the best, but I do think he can become a solid player for team like Villa.
I've honestly not been able to keep up with the thread (Still trying to pretend I'm working!), but if so it's terrible.
To put it in a nutshell, to me Cleverley is a truly talented player who sadly at the moment is stuck in a spiral of fear and avoidance. A move will set his head right, I'm sure. And like I said, he's got Keano to help him give his head a wobble.
No more fear!
Agree with the above. The move will do him a world of good, just a bit sad he couldn't capitalise on the opportunity he had.
All the best to Cleverley, hope he does well and gets back on track. Good for him to get some game time and for us to get someone more suitable in.
He's from Bradford, so not exactly a local lad.
I think everyone had high hopes for him after his good loan spells, but he simply isn't cut out to be a United player.
Imagine walking round Birmingham with Georgina Dorsett. It'd be like taking your Ferrari through Arthur Daley's car lot.
Do we think this means someone coming in is imminent?
Best thing for everyone. If he gets his thinking/mentality right he could be a good player at a midtable team. No point him sitting on the bench here as he won't improve and for us there are younger players who provided we sort out the quality of what's ahead of them, could benefit a lot more from his potential game time.
Only worry would be cover right now. Guessing we must have someone lined up as would be a bit thin without him as presumably Ando isn't an option and Powell will go on loan.
Only worry would be cover right now. Guessing we must have someone lined up as would be a bit thin without him as presumably Ando isn't an option and Powell will go on loan.
The Telegraph reported that we offered a 70.000 a week contract to hem, so far their reliability.
You'll have to understand, they're Villa supporters. Your average Villa supporter will make Rust Cohle off True Detective seem like Paddy Crerand on e.Off a Villa forum -
It's a bleak and forbidding place.
bit disapointed by this, i think he is a tidy enought player and would rather see him stay oer any of our other center midfieldes except herrera.
plus with herrera injured he is the only mobile cm we have
plus with herrera injured he is the only mobile cm we have
Yes, a central mid would most certainly be coming in now. Didn't LVG himself hint at/claim that signings will be coming in in the recent press conference. I hope its Carvalho, won't mind Vidal either.
Hope he does well at another club, shame that he declined in the way that he has though. However, for £9m in the last year of his contract I'm not going to pretend I'm sorry to see him go.
£9m, snap their bloody arms off the silly feckers. What a great deal for us.
Keano possibly coming back as part of the coaching staff or one of LvG's right hand men or something would be more my thinking. It would be fecking mighty if it was.
Wow we would have done extremely well to get 9 million for him.
This can only mean that we are signing atleast one more midfielder.
Honestly it is for the best for both Cleverley and the club that he leaves. Good luck to him.
This can only mean that we are signing atleast one more midfielder.
Honestly it is for the best for both Cleverley and the club that he leaves. Good luck to him.
Yes, their owner Randy Lerner wants to sell them and they have been stingy in the market so far and have been unwilling to invest in their team. It kind of makes the Cleverley signing at 9 mil a surprise given the circumstances but I guess he is their 'marquee' signing from United. I don't think their fans will look at it that way though.
If he does go now at least he hasn't done a Nani and taken the club for as much as poss. Fair play to him for that at least.
Without him our options are:
Carrick (Out for 3 months)
Fletcher (Rusty, who knows what level he will return to?)
Herrera (Settling in, is he back from injury?)
Fellaini (The only time you'd like someone to contract second season syndrome)
Anderson (The less said about him the better)
Don't think for a second we'd get rid without having someone lined up. He's basically the only one who can stay fit.
Is it true if we got 9m for him it would be our biggest outgoing transfer since Ronaldo?
If he's off there's no doubt someone is coming in.
If he's off there's no doubt someone is coming in.
If we are letting him go, we must have someone lined up. We are already short in midfield.
And I think he'll do well for Villa..
There was too much pressure on him... and the whole thing kept snowballing.
Regular game time and a fresh start should help him.
Shame how it turned out.. Didn't expect hime to be our "world class" midfielder, but really thought he was going to be a good squad player for many years..
Keano could teach him a few things in training too..
And I think he'll do well for Villa..
There was too much pressure on him... and the whole thing kept snowballing.
Regular game time and a fresh start should help him.
Shame how it turned out.. Didn't expect hime to be our "world class" midfielder, but really thought he was going to be a good squad player for many years..
Keano could teach him a few things in training too..
Haha..........NO!
9 million, I'd snap their hands off. I'm not sure if he is Villa level.
Our pool of midfielders next season, in order: Herrera, New signing, Carrick, Pereira, Fletcher.
Why? He has been a big let down.
Cleverley cost nothing so at least the club made a profit.
Should have charged them £18m, as revenge for Ashley Young.
This should send out a message to any young players getting complacent.
Not to bring the thread off topic but she's more like a pimped out ford focus. You can add all the extras you want its still an average car.
Yeah by a long way as well.
Not happy, especially not when worst and much more expensive players like Young and Fellaini are still here. So while those cost us fortunes in transfer fee and wages, Cleverley is at least bringing in good money.
Good luck to him, he is nowhere as bad as ppl make it out. And at least he won't be blamed now everytime we have a poor performance.
Good luck to him, he is nowhere as bad as ppl make it out. And at least he won't be blamed now everytime we have a poor performance.
Yes, we're going to miss his charging runs, they always caused havoc. Im bitterly disappointed as well...that we didn't sell him last season!
Yes. Nick Powell should look at himself after his performance against MK Dons
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