Sir Alex Ferguson has said he intends to recall loanees Tom Cleverley, Danny Welbeck, Mame Diouf and Federico ‘Kiko’ Macheda. The boss believes that the four will play a major part in the coming seasons for United, starting next campaign. The afore mentioned quadruple are excelling on-loan in the Premier League and Serie A…
Tom Cleverley is currently on-loan with Wigan Athletic, assisting them in their relegation battle at the bottom of the Premier League. The 21-year-old English striker recently netted for The Lactics against Birmingham City, bringing to 4 his goalscoring tally from 17 appearances. Danny Welbeck meanwhile is temporarily with Sunderland, who are in 9th, much of it down to the 20-year-old England striker – who has hit 6 goals in 23 games.
Mame Diouf has been loaned to Blackburn Rovers, 13th, and has had the most opportunities out of the said four youngsters to showcase his talent – the 23-year-old Senegalese striker has played 26 games, bagging 6 goals in return. All the while, Kiko Macheda is enjoying his time in Italy, with Sampdoria, who lie 16th. The 19-year-old Italian striker has scored 1 goal in 13 caps since joining on-loan in January.
As well as banging in the goals for their respective clubs, Welbeck scored for England’s U-21 side midweek in their 4-0 victory over Denmark U-21’s, while Macheda was on target for Italy’s U-21’s in their 3-1 win against Sweden U-21’s.
Tom Cleverley, Danny Welbeck, Mame Diouf and Federico Macheda
“They’ll come back into the squad and they will get plenty of games next season,” Sir Alex told ManUtd.Com. “They are part of the band of young players coming through at this club. They will all come back in. At that point, we will then review our squad because that’s the important thing. But we will always put players out on loan.”
“Cleverley has done very well, particularly in his spell at Watford and then at Wigan. He has improved in each case and he is going to be a top player. Welbeck has been fantastic too, it’s just unfortunate that he picked up a bad injury. But they will all be ready for next year. Mame Diouf has done well at Blackburn too and he’ll come back in.” the boss praised. “They’ve all done well.”
“It proves we were right in putting them there in the first place. For them, it’s that experience of being exposed to regular football that really brings them on so that they are ready to play for Manchester United !”
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