Tom Cleverley - Loan Confirmed

[OCD]

Hmmmm, I wonder what part of the agents conduct they were so pissed off about?

Just sounds like he was playing all sides right up to the last second, probably after we and United thought we had a deal agreed. As an agent you're obviously going to want to pit one side against another to get the best offer for your client but it sounds like he took it too far.

[JUAN PABLO]

Do we really have to call him Top Cat?

Surely there's only one Top Cat allowed on H&V

youre always the best and original

[Salsa Party Animal]

Not keen on the player, but a loan deal is great option to allow us to see him in action and Tom to prove his quality and hunger without risking too much money.

[silhillvilla]

Incinserity is arrived in aston innit .

[john e]

My bet is that he will do OK just OK
and when the time comes that we have to stick or bust with our 7.5 mill
Most of us on here will be saying No thanks

Hope to be wrong obviously

[Jockey Randall]

My bet is that he will do OK just OK
and when the time comes that we have to stick or bust with our 7.5 mill
Most of us on here will be saying No thanks

Hope to be wrong obviously

Is he not in the last year of his contract at United?

[tomd2103]

My bet is that he will do OK just OK
and when the time comes that we have to stick or bust with our 7.5 mill
Most of us on here will be saying No thanks

Hope to be wrong obviously

Is he not in the last year of his contract at United?

Yep.  If he's got any sense he will be working his conkers off this season trying to drum up interest for when he is a free agent next summer.

[Olneythelonely]

My bet is that he will do OK just OK
and when the time comes that we have to stick or bust with our 7.5 mill
Most of us on here will be saying No thanks

Hope to be wrong obviously

I'd imagine you will be.

He'll be a free agent at the end of his loan deal. He'll cost nowt.

[TonyD]

What kind of midfielder is he?  Attacking, creative ? Must admit haven't seen too much of him. 

[ChicagoLion]

What kind of midfielder is he?  Attacking, creative ? Must admit haven't seen too much of him.

He is a tidy give and go type player, runs around a lot, he does tackle but mis times a few.
Decent engine as the say, manure fans did not think he had enough quality to be in the team.

[adrenachrome]

A most salient point to bear in mind is that PL and RK have pursued this player with considerable determination. 

Given the state of the club, we have no choice but to hope they know what they are doing.   

[Jaffa]

Welcome Tom, now let's see that potential do the talking...

[Toronto Villa]

A most salient point to bear in mind is that PL and RK have pursued this player with considerable determination. 

Given the state of the club, we have no choice but to hope they know what they are doing.   

the state of the club is that we are for sale, not bankrupt or remotely close to it.

[adrenachrome]

A most salient point to bear in mind is that PL and RK have pursued this player with considerable determination. 

Given the state of the club, we have no choice but to hope they know what they are doing.   

the state of the club is that we are for sale, not bankrupt or remotely close to it.

Precisely. But the budget is severely constrained, so there is little room for error in this, our latest transitional phase.

Between the two of them, I reckon they have got this right. We will see.

[adrenachrome]

Pat Murphy just said on 5 Live he's on the same wages he was on at United which is less than the highest earners at Villa.

Allegedly he was on £30k a week at Utd.  That was probably why his agent was trying to screw a load more out of us initially.

The original report of that figure stated that this was the basic wage, and that the contract was "heavily incentivised". 

Given what we have since learned about his agent, this does not surprise me at all.

As an aside, does anybody remember MoNs dream of doing contracts this way, or his reticence at spending RL's dosh on wages in the early in his tenure?