Having gained promotion from League One with Leicester City the previous season, Cleverley's 35 appearances in Watford yellow yielded 11 goals and five assists, with the year-old affirming to Sir Alex Ferguson his potential as a first-team prospect at Manchester United. A further successful loan spell the next campaign, this time in the Premier League with Wigan Athletic, gave Cleverley the platform to begin his career at Old Trafford in earnest.
Debuting against rivals Manchester City in the Community Shield in , Cleverley went on to make 79 appearances in Manchester, netting five times. He has gone on to earn 13 caps, the last coming in , and also represented Team GB at the London Olympics in It was a fruitful spell. The Hornets got their man on a permanent basis in March , Cleverley putting pen to paper on a five-year deal at Vicarage Road. By this point Cleverley felt firmly at home in Hertfordshire, referring to Watford as 'my club' in interviews, and was determined to drag the team back to the top flight.
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Bournemouth Arsenal 5. It looked at that point as though he was set for a move to Everton where Roberto Martinez was keen to link up with a player with whom he had worked as manager in at Wigan Athletic where Cleverley played on loan. However, a deadline day switch to the Blues fell through and the then year-old accepted a season-long spell at Villa instead. A very mixed season would follow as he struggled under Paul Lambert, suffering repeated substitutions and getting booed by the frustrated Villa fans as they saw their side fight off relegation, but things improved briefly under Tim Sherwood, who led them to a surprise appearance in the FA Cup Final after denying Liverpool with some determined play in the semi-final.
However, Villa bombed in the final where Cleverley himself was largely anonymous, crashing to Arsenal on the back of a dismaldisplay. Martinez had given Cleverley his Premier League debut at Wigan five years earlier, after the player had been on loan spells with Leicester City and Watford as part of his development, and was keen to take advantage of the player's desire to rebuild his flagging career at Goodison Park after he came to the end of his contract at United.
He completed a medical and a pre-contract agreement in early June before officially signing for his new club on 1 July Sa 21Aug EFL Cup. Tu 24Aug Crystal Palace. Su 29Aug Sa 18Sep Sa 25Sep Sa 16Oct Sa 30Oct
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