Tom Cleverley Can Become Manchester United's Very Own Thiago
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Livesey/Getty Images  With it now seeming somewhat inevitable
that long-time transfer target Thiago Alcantara will be moving
to the champions of Europe this summer, as reported by The
Guardian, Manchester United need to find a new answer to the
issues with their central midfield.   For a while now, this has
been an area of the pitch where the Red Devils have struggled to
compete with their closest rivals, resulting in them being
totally outclassed in some big games (think back to the FA Cup
semi-finals against Chelsea, after Eden Hazard was brought on).
Thiago had seemed like the resolution to a lot of these
problems.  Being touted as one of the next great Spanish
players, the 22-year-old was supposed to come in and fill the
void that would be left by the retiring Paul Scholes.  However,
it now appears as though this wont be happening