Former Manchester United star Tom Cleverley was told he ‘c***-teased’ Roy Keane over signing for his Aston Villa over Everton. The former midfielder retired earlier this year due to inj…
Former Manchester United star Tom Cleverley was told he 'c***-teased' Roy Keane over signing for his Aston Villa over Everton.
The former midfielder retired earlier this year due to injury troubles having enjoyed a fine career at the top level.Cleverley ended up signing for the latter on loan - but only after already agreeing to join Everton. That transfer fell through and resulted in an awkward conversation with Keane, who was assistant manager at Villa at the time., Cleverley explained all and said: "Before the Villa loan, I had been to Roy's house because we lived very close to each other.
"He sold me the Villa project, he was assistant to Paul Lambert at the time, I really liked the idea of it.Liverpool VAR audio 'to be released', Man United takeover latest, Zlatan questions Ten HagPGMOL will release audio of VAR blunder after fuming Liverpool request access"Anyway, I didn't commit to Villa but I sort of said 'oh yeah, I hope we can get things done'.
"The next day, I trained at Villa. He weren't there, he was with Ireland duty. So all the nervousness, I had to go through twice!Cleverley spent the season on loan at Villa but he would get his wish and sign for Everton in the end, joining the following summer, turning down Villa again as they looked to make the loan permanent.Keep up-to-date with all the latest Manchester United fixtures and results and live Premier League standings in our new match centre.
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