- Everton have confirmed the signing of Manchester United’s Tom Cleverley
- The 25-year-old has agreed to a five-year-deal at Goodison Park, effective of the end of his Manchester United contract on July 1
- Cleverley spent last season on loan at Aston Villa but turned down the chance to stay there in favour of working under Roberto Martinez
- Toffees boss Martinez managed Cleverley when the pair were both at Wigan together during the 2010-11 season
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17:31 GMT, 5 June 2015
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01:23 GMT, 6 June 2015
Everton have confirmed the signing of midfielder Tom Cleverley from Manchester United on a free transfer with the 25-year-old agreeing to a five-year deal at Goodison Park.
He spent last season on loan at Aston Villa and manager Tim Sherwood had hoped to make the move permanent, but Cleverley has opted to link up with former boss Roberto Martinez instead.
Cleverley played under Martinez at Wigan on another loan spell from United during the 2010-11 campaign and scored four goals in 25 appearances, as the Lancashire club avoided relegation from the Premier League.
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Everton have confirmed the free transfer of Tom Cleverley (right), who spent last season at Aston Villa

Cleverley has agreed to a five-year deal at Everton and rejected the chance to remain a Villa player

Villa boss Tim Sherwood had been keen to keep hold of Cleverley, but the midfielder chose not stay

Everton boss Roberto Martinez previously managed Cleverley when the pair worked together at Wigan
On Cleverley’s arrival, Martinez told Everton’s official website, ‘We are extremely delighted to be welcoming Tom and I can think of many reasons as to why our fans will enjoy Tom representing our football club.
‘The most important one is that he is a perfect fit for what we are trying to build here as he has so much experience of playing in the Premier League and he still has his best years just ahead of him.’
Cleverley, who has 13 senior caps for England, underwent a medical at the Toffees’ Finch Farm training ground on Friday and is the club’s first signing of the summer. The deal is set be finalised on July 1 when his contract at United expires.
Cleverley’s last appearance for Villa came in the 4-0 defeat by Arsenal in the FA Cup final.

Cleverley spent the 2010-11 season on loan at Wigan and helped the club to successfully avoid relegation

Cleverley celebrates scoring the second goal in Manchester United’s 3-1 win over Sunderland back in 2012

Cleverley (left) heads the ball clear of Everton forward Steven Naismith (right) last season at Goodison Park
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