The January 2015 Transfer Rumour Thread

[saunders_heroes]

Can we send Cleverley back? I thought it was set i stone that he was here till the end of the season.

He's with us on loan until the end of the season unless we, or somebody else decides that he is worth spending money on before the end of Monday.

No one would be that stupid.

[ozzjim]

If there was interest from Everton though, and they wanted him now, and we wanted him gone, then maybe. But very, very unlikely you would think.

[ozzjim]

Plus he couldn't go anyway due to playing for Villa and United this season

[saunders_heroes]

I don't mind keeping him till the end of the season, after all he's another body in not the biggest squad. I wouldn't spend a single penny on him though.

[Dave]

I don't mind keeping him till the end of the season, after all he's another body in not the biggest squad. I wouldn't spend a single penny on him though.

*nods*

If he bucks up his ideas and carries on his Bournemouth performance into the rest of the season he can even join us on a free transfer.

If he doesn't then he can help continue Everton's decline or Leicester's promotion challenge.

[Clampy]

I don't mind keeping him till the end of the season, after all he's another body in not the biggest squad. I wouldn't spend a single penny on him though.

It's a good job we've only got him on loan then isn't it? Sorry I forgot, we shouldn't be scrapping around in the loan market.

[saunders_heroes]

I don't mind keeping him till the end of the season, after all he's another body in not the biggest squad. I wouldn't spend a single penny on him though.

It's a good job we've only got him on loan then isn't it? Sorry I forgot, we shouldn't be scrapping around in the loan market.

Oh put your dummy back in.

[dave.woodhall]

I don't mind keeping him till the end of the season, after all he's another body in not the biggest squad. I wouldn't spend a single penny on him though.

It's a good job we've only got him on loan then isn't it? Sorry I forgot, we shouldn't be scrapping around in the loan market.

Oh put your dummy back in.

Can we stop this before it gets started? Thank you.

[ozzjim]

I was not as inspired as others by him against Bournmouth. He is a body, but would not be in our best 11 now surely?

[Dave]

I was not as inspired as others by him against Bournmouth. He is a body, but would not be in our best 11 now surely?

Nope.

But competent is a step-up from anonymous. Nobody is saying that he was Carew versus Bolton or Benteke against Sunderland.

[pauliewalnuts]

Cleverley is rubbish.

I have seen next to nothing from him to think he's anything like good enough. He looked half decent against Bournemouth. That's a championship team which rested 6 players.

I genuinely can't see what it is that he does well. What is it?

He strikes me as a latter day David May, in that he's a great example of how a truly mediocre player can look much better when surrounded by decent ones. Except David May was half competent.

I am not going to lose much sleep over his presence at the club, but two things worry me. One is that I wonder if there is some sort of "he must play" agreement, because for some reason Lambert seems to love him. The other is the concern that we'd spend 7m or so on making him permanent in the summer on the basis of some shonky "loan first, perm in the summer" agreement we made with them.

I genuinely would not offer him a contract if he was free, I really wouldn't.

Having said that, I bet he starts tomorrow. I don't think there is a single person on here who would start with him tomorrow, but I bet our clueless chancer of a manager does.

[saunders_heroes]

What club would have paid £7m when, A) he isn't worth it, and, B) his contract is up at the end of the season?
Even if we had the cash to splash we wouldn't be that stupid.

[Dave]

The other is the concern that we'd spend 7m or so on making him permanent in the summer on the basis of some shonky "loan first, perm in the summer" agreement we made with them.

We've made some horrendous financial decisions in the past, but I can't see even us spending £7m on a player who is out of contract and able to move where he wants to on a free transfer.

[ozzjim]

Spot on Paulie. I thought he could recreate his previous loan form where he seemed to do quite well, but he has been pretty shocking. My only hope is that because United were so keen to rid themselves, there is no must play clause.

[pauliewalnuts]

The other is the concern that we'd spend 7m or so on making him permanent in the summer on the basis of some shonky "loan first, perm in the summer" agreement we made with them.

We've made some horrendous financial decisions in the past, but I can't see even us spending £7m on a player who is out of contract and able to move where he wants to on a free transfer.

I did say on the basis of an agreement made with United, though, when he came here.