TOM CLEVERLEY has lifted the lid on his Manchester United career – and how losing to Liverpool was the beginning of the end of his time at Old Trafford.
Watford star Cleverley, now 33, realised a dream when he played for the club he supported as a boy and helped them win a Premier League title.
Tom Cleverley has opened up on his Manchester United career and the ruthless instincts of Sir Alex FergusonGetty Images – Getty
The Championship midfielder still has vivid memories of this time with United, the good and the bad.
And he shared them with the club’s fans in a frank article on their website in March 2019, detailing how leaving the club hit him hard mentally.
He said: “I was looking forward to 2012-13. The whole squad had a big boost, actually. Robin.
“For longevity, I have to say that Scholesy and Wazza are the best two players I’ve played with in my career so far, but if that Premier League winner’s medal in my trophy cabinet was owed to someone, it would have to be Robin van Persie.
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“He was unbelievable. As an individual season, you’ll struggle to find many better than him in 2012/13.
“Games where we didn’t even play well, that were such stalemates, you could just give him the ball and he would make a goal out of nothing. Just an unbelievable finisher.
“For me, I couldn’t have imagined his move going as well as it did. Everything he struck that season seemed to find the back of the net.
“How 2011/12 ended. It doesn’t get much worse.
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