Theon
Lord of the Iron Islands
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Don't get the club's stance. Why keep Clev on the wage bill when he's likely to leave on a free next summer? May as well have Everton pick up the tab for the next year, rather than pay him not to play for us and lose him on a free anyway.
We would refuse that on principal I guess. Everton get him on loan for a nominal fee, then get him for a free in the summer. That's just an awful deal for us and tightfisted by Everton.
I also suspect there was an element of each party waiting for the other to blink first, Cleverley's agent no doubt followed your logic and assumed United would fold and let Cleverley go out on loan and run his contract down.