Tom Cleverley
2000–2009 Manchester United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps†(Gls)â€
2009– Manchester United 13 (0)
2009 → Leicester City (loan) 15 (2)
2009–2010 → Watford (loan) 33 (11)
2010–2011 → Wigan Athletic (loan) 25 (4)
2009 England U20 1 (2)
2009–2011 England U21 16 (0)
2012– England 3 (0)
2012 Great Britain 5 (0)
Only crap Managers loan out young players.
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Stop mischaracterizing the issue, noone is saying only crap managers loan out youngsters who need game experience.
Obviously a loan move will be good for his development. Literally not a single person in this thread disagrees with that.
The issue is whether or not its prudent given our current situation. United had a lot more depth when they loaned out Cleverly than we do right now. This will benefit Barkley in the long term, but we may need him in the short term. We are one or two injuries away from having a real problem, one which Barkley may or may not be able to solve.
I'm personally a bit undecided on whether or not this is good, since it is very much a question of short vs. long term interest of the club, but I just wanted to clear up that your post about Cleverly is a straw man.