Tuesday, 2nd September, 2014



Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert has expressed his delight after the club sealed a season-long loan deal for Manchester United midfielder Tom Cleverley.

The move went through so late last night that Villa had to wait for the Premier League to rule on whether the loan would be approved. And earlier today they gave the green light.



Lambert is delighted to have secured the services of the Manchester United man and believes he is adding "big game experience" to the Villa ranks.

"Tom brings big game experience to the club, he's played international football for England and he still has great potential to kick on in his career", Lambert told his club's site.

 


"There's a lot of good football ahead of him if he performs the way we think he can perform and we're delighted to have been able to bring him in to join the group.

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"Allied to the players we had brought in already during the window as well as the strong start we've made to the season, this is another good step forward and we want to continue to build on our progress into the season."

Aston Villa have an option to make Cleverley's move permanent should he impress at Villa Park and the 25-year-old has struck a happy note at linking up with the Midlands club along with the prospect of working with Lambert and his assistant Roy Keane.

"The prospect of working under the manager and Roy, who were both fantastic midfielders in their playing careers, made the decision to come to Villa an easy one", he said.

"I'm looking forward to working with them but also the other really good midfield players that the club have, like Fabian Delph, Ashley Westwood and other new lads like Kieran Richardson, Joe Cole and Carlos Sanchez."

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