The Fish 10971 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 NEWCASTLE United expect to clinch a season-long loan deal for Tom Cleverley as soon as Manchester United return from their North American tour next month. Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed yesterday that the Red Devils are negotiating a loan with a Premier League club – and that is understood to be Newcastle, who have a long-standing interest in the England Under-21 international. Boss Chris Hughton made enquiries about Cleverley last season when he was excelling in a struggling Watford side, and believes the highly-rated midfielder can add competition to his experienced squad. Cleverley has illustrated his potential in the early games of Manchester United’s pre-season campaign, topping off a fine display by scoring in the defeat of Celtic last Friday. And while Ferguson has indicated he will look to Paul Scholes to anchor his midfield for one more season, Newcastle will offer him first-team games and an opportunity to play on a comparable stage to Old Trafford. Although Hughton continues to play his cards close to his chest, he did confirm to The Journal that he is interested in “top-class” loan players that become available. “We are looking at the loan market, and if someone becomes available who will add to our squad, of course we would be interested,” he said. “We have made our enquiries and we’re hopeful of bringing some in.” Confirming that Cleverley, along with fellow youngster Danny Welbeck – a target for Sunderland – will be loaned out to top-flight clubs this season, Ferguson said he had big expectations of a player they signed from Bradford City as a teenager. “Tom is a very talented boy. He is going to be a very good footballer. We are also considering putting him on loan to a premier division team,” he said. “He improved tremendously in his spell at Watford last year. He got an unfortunate injury towards the end of last season and was out for a long time. “He has just come back and can play anywhere in midfield, which is always an advantage.” While trying to broker a loan deal for Cleverley, Hughton is also considering letting some of his crop of talented youngsters leave to get more first-team experience. There have been no shortage of takers so far this summer – Leeds and Carlisle are keen on Nile Ranger, while Burnley want goalkeeper Fraser Forster. Kazenga LuaLua, Ryan Donaldson and even Tamas Kadar could also be loaned out, with Hughton hoping to secure at least Championship football for most of his players. “We don’t need to make a decision yet on Nile and the others,” he said. “We’re only a couple of weeks into pre-season and we really want to look at them first before deciding what’s going to happen with them. “Nile has come back from the summer in really strong shape and so has Kazenga LuaLua. Tamas Kadar was looking excellent until he picked up his injury too. “It may be the case that we will let them go because we feel they would be better served by regular first-team football. I think we’d be talking Championship level for someone like Nile, who did well for us at that level last season, and the same goes for the others. “But we have not made a firm decision. They are our players and we will take a decision that benefits us rather than being rushed into anything by other clubs who obviously would like to take them as well.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22165 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 shame we aren't in to buy him like. loaning players from the top clubs is a bit sad really isn't it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummiemag1 0 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Sadly, under Ashley thats the sort of club we have now become - bigger clubs with more ambition can loan us their up and coming young players for a bit of development and experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia 0 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 shame we aren't in to buy him like. loaning players from the top clubs is a bit sad really isn't it. I can't image he's for sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay 10 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Happy with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acrossthepond 878 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Sounds like a good move, nothing but praise for him in the Championship last season. I'd be ok with loaning out Kazenga and Forster, even Ranger, but I want to hang on to Kadar as we might need him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay 10 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 I've liked what I've seen with Kadar so far. But he does pick up a few to many injuries for my liking. So maybe a season of first team football will help him out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentAxeman 189 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Well chuffed if we got Cleverly. We'd actually have a good midfield this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeazesMag 0 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Sadly, under Ashley thats the sort of club we have now become - bigger clubs with more ambition can loan us their up and coming young players for a bit of development and experience even smaller clubs with more ambition.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay 10 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Sadly, under Ashley thats the sort of club we have now become - bigger clubs with more ambition can loan us their up and coming young players for a bit of development and experience even smaller clubs with more ambition.............. And if we can get these young prospects even on loan its good business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinofbeans 91 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 if its a season long loan, then good. looks to be capable of playing and not just turning up in a premier league side (unlike a few of our lads). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1892 0 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 It might be a 6 month loan to cover for Gosling? But hopefully it is for the season, and he'll be a good signing i reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sniffer 0 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 IMO, loaning players out should be banned. It perpetuates the cycle of clubs like manure and chelsea stockpiling players and hedging their bets. Much better for the good of the game that they have to make a decision on the player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay 10 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 surprised if we get him tbh, after what we did when we got Rossi on loan What Glen did with Rossi on loan... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeazesMag 0 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Sadly, under Ashley thats the sort of club we have now become - bigger clubs with more ambition can loan us their up and coming young players for a bit of development and experience even smaller clubs with more ambition.............. And if we can get these young prospects even on loan its good business. how many quality footballers worthy of playing for a top premiership club have we signed in the last 18 months, to replace the 6 or 7 that were sold ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay 10 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Sadly, under Ashley thats the sort of club we have now become - bigger clubs with more ambition can loan us their up and coming young players for a bit of development and experience even smaller clubs with more ambition.............. And if we can get these young prospects even on loan its good business. how many quality footballers worthy of playing for a top premiership club have we signed in the last 18 months, to replace the 6 or 7 that were sold ? None. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accadacca 0 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 shame we aren't in to buy him like. loaning players from the top clubs is a bit sad really isn't it. it's pathetic that prem clubs are allowed to use the loan system given the money they get from sky and just waut til Fergie sees Cleverly hardly getting a game - CH will be getting the hairdryer treatment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Sadly, under Ashley thats the sort of club we have now become - bigger clubs with more ambition can loan us their up and coming young players for a bit of development and experience even smaller clubs with more ambition.............. And if we can get these young prospects even on loan its good business. how many quality footballers worthy of playing for a top premiership club have we signed in the last 18 months, to replace the 6 or 7 that were sold ? None. Only 1 or 2 of the ones sold were capable of playing for a top premier league club, mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Manson 0 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 shame we aren't in to buy him like. loaning players from the top clubs is a bit sad really isn't it. Not really. It improves the depth of the squad, and means we potentially get a highly-rated player for a season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4859 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 IMO, loaning players out should be banned. It perpetuates the cycle of clubs like manure and chelsea stockpiling players and hedging their bets. Much better for the good of the game that they have to make a decision on the player. what an utter load of arse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sniffer 0 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Really. Why? You'd prefer that we give practice to players from other clubs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4859 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Really. Why? You'd prefer that we give practice to players from other clubs? as opposed to their futures being decided when they're 20? the system works to the advantage of both clubs if we signed cleverly for a season on loan then we're getting a player for our team as good as our midfield for a year and man u get to see how he develops as opposed to us signing no-one because there isnt the money to spend and a hole being left in our piss weak midfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeazesMag 0 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 (edited) Sadly, under Ashley thats the sort of club we have now become - bigger clubs with more ambition can loan us their up and coming young players for a bit of development and experience even smaller clubs with more ambition.............. And if we can get these young prospects even on loan its good business. how many quality footballers worthy of playing for a top premiership club have we signed in the last 18 months, to replace the 6 or 7 that were sold ? None. Only 1 or 2 of the ones sold were capable of playing for a top premier league club, mind Given, Owen, Milner, Bassong............all playing for clubs which qualified for europe .............. Throw in N'Zogbia, Viduka, Martins, Beye.................only 6 or 7 more loan signings/cheap over the hill/bargain basement signings to go. Isn't this exciting. Edited July 23, 2010 by LeazesMag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sniffer 0 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 But it wouldn't work like that. Players would be moving on a permanent basis to get playing opportunities. You wouldn't have richer teams having huge squads. In fact, it would encourage teams to bring through young players rather than lash out on ready made stars knowing that they can rely on farm teams to develop their kids. The actual benefit we get from a Cleverly is incredibly short lived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 I agree Sniffer, the club only benefits in the short term, everyone would be better off without it in the long term. The loan market also reduces the supply of players into the 'sales' market, thus putting upward pressure on transfer fees too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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