Tom Cleverley

[Neiler]

5 years and 50k a week.

Sounds like a handy free.

 

[Groucho]

At least transfer activity has started early, rather than being last minute.

As long as he's not the summer's "big" signing.

 

[Moomin]

5 years and 50k a week.

Sounds like a handy free.

5 million signing on fee, one million paid each season.

 

[Neiler]

Apparently Rom has given him the No 10 shirt.

 

[Neiler]

5 million signing on fee, one million paid each season.

Yeah? I could only read a synopsis as dont have a subscription.

 

[DanEFC92]

Whoopee

 

[EFCPaul]

I'll give him a chance and at least it will mean far less of Barry starting games.

Wonder what number he'll have? No. 19? 25?

 

[Librarian]

at least he's not Villa

 

[AaronTheBlue]

glad it's done early, onto our next three targets now.

 

[HughesyEFC]

The worst thing about him coming is that bob will play him over besic

 

[Woolly Blue]

Martinez values players like Osman and Pienaar precisely because they can keep the ball rolling in possession. Cleverley can do that but he also might be someone who can inject a lot more pace into the final third when he gets on it. He's more prepared than the other two named players to carry the ball when needs must over greater distances.

We can debate whether he's good enough to consistently do that, but I reckon this is Martinez drawing the obvious conclusion that we are too static and predictable when we face opponents in the final third...which is why he'll also go out and get a playmaker to work across the line in behind Lukaku.

Martinez will fix this problem this season or die trying, because he knows his job rests on cracking it.

I don't have a problem with signing Cleverley. I think he'd do a job for us, but ...

Osman and Pienaar are much better on the ball than he is. I know you didn't, but when people talk about Cleverley being a replacement for an aging Osman and / or Pienaar I just scratch my head and wonder if I'm missing some trickery or subtlety on the ball from Cleverley that I havn't noticed.

 

[Moomin]

Just putting this out for people to see.

https://www.grandoldteam.com/forum/threads/tom-cleverley.62691/

 

[Smiggs]

At least transfer activity has started early, rather than being last minute.

As long as he's not the summer's "big" signing.

Ameibo next

 

[harris78]

Decent signing i think. only 25, good age and nowhere near as bad as people make out. was made the scapegoat at United and England and ever since then he is uber gash. For me he is an upgrade on Osman et al. Now to get another two or three in.

 

[The Equaliser]

Cleverly done.