Tom Cleverley - Loan Confirmed

[Dave Cooper please]

The straw that I am clutchung at here is that if Utd signed him he must have some ability.

*cough* Eric Djemba-Djemba *cough*

[Holte Sweet]

The straw that I am clutchung at here is that if Utd signed him he must have some ability.

*cough* Eric Djemba-Djemba *cough*

I did say it was a straw I was clutching at.

[Percy McCarthy]

The straw that I am clutchung at here is that if Utd signed him he must have some ability.

*cough* Eric Djemba-Djemba *cough*

Who was that black striker they've just got rid of? He was really shit as well.

[PaulWinch again]

Cleverley is a good player and I'm sure he's plenty good enough for us. I doubt he'll join and we could do with an attacking midfielder, but he'd improve our side.

[ozzjim]

Press reporting that Cleverley had productive talks with Keane but is not well, keen to drop his 70k a week wages - it is like old times isn't it! Matt Holland revisited.

[Toronto Villa]

70k a week. FFS. Just astonishing

[Matt C]

Yet I read in The Guardian only today he's on £30,000 p/w at Man Ure with various add ons.

Basically they haven't a clue - nor about the fee.

[Chinchilla Bathhouse]

Beat me to it.  The Guardian reckons Cleverley is on a basic wage of £30k per week.  Poor sod.  You have to wonder how he gets by on such a pittance.  Ashley Young, meanwhile is apparently on £115k per week.  Now that really is astonishing.  Article here...

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/aug/29/manchester-united-sell-fringe-players-welbeck-kagawa-anderson

[Toronto Villa]

Yet I read in The Guardian only today he's on £30,000 p/w at Man Ure with various add ons.

Basically they haven't a clue - nor about the fee.

I think my comment would have been the same. Still stunning what some of these players make in a week.

[villan1975]

Yet I read in The Guardian only today he's on £30,000 p/w at Man Ure with various add ons.

Basically they haven't a clue - nor about the fee.

I think my comment would have been the same. Still stunning what some of these players make in a week.

Wasn't Josh McEachran reportedly on £30000+ to play for Middlesbrough/Swansea loan football? Now that is one of the mentalist footballing related things I have ever heard, crazy.

[Dave]

Yet I read in The Guardian only today he's on £30,000 p/w at Man Ure with various add ons.

Basically they haven't a clue - nor about the fee.

I think my comment would have been the same. Still stunning what some of these players make in a week.

Wasn't Josh McEachran reportedly on £30000+ to play for Middlesbrough/Swansea loan football? Now that is one of the mentalist footballing related things I have ever heard, crazy.

It was reported that Ciaran Clark earns £40,000 per week playing for us.

At least Chelsea can afford to waste those wages without it having too much of an impact elsewhere.

[silhillvilla]

Anyone remember the Seth Johnson tale and his salary at Leeds !

[Clampy]

Anyone remember the Seth Johnson tale and his salary at Leeds !

Wasn't it something along the lines of him and his agent agreeing his salary then Peter Risdale saying something like 'we can do better than that' then gave him nearly double what he agreed?

[silhillvilla]

Anyone remember the Seth Johnson tale and his salary at Leeds !

Wasn't it something along the lines of him and his agent agreeing his salary then Peter Risdale saying something like 'we can do better than that' then gave him nearly double what he agreed?

In short yes although Ridsdale has denied it as he would , but anything was possible with that clown.

[Shrek]

Yet I read in The Guardian only today he's on £30,000 p/w at Man Ure with various add ons.

Basically they haven't a clue - nor about the fee.

I think my comment would have been the same. Still stunning what some of these players make in a week.

Wasn't Josh McEachran reportedly on £30000+ to play for Middlesbrough/Swansea loan football? Now that is one of the mentalist footballing related things I have ever heard, crazy.

It was reported that Ciaran Clark earns £40,000 per week playing for us.

At least Chelsea can afford to waste those wages without it having too much of an impact elsewhere.

As daft as Villa have been in the past, there is no way I believe Clark is on even half that.

If Cleverley is on 30k, then at least we can actually offer him a rise to 40k, the same as the likes of Benteke and Weimann.