Tom Cleverley is ready to return to Barclays Premier
League combat at Everton this weekend after making his comeback at
Aldershot in midweek.
The promising midfielder played for an hour in the Carling Cup
win after being sidelined since hurting his foot during the
victory at Bolton last month.
Cleverley impressed at the EBB Stadium and was involved in the
build-up to Dimitar Berbatov and Antonio Valencia's goals, as well
as knitting things together neatly in mdfield. However, Sir Alex is
not concerned that too much expectation is being placed on the
22-year-old's shoulders after his absence coincided with a
general drop in form.
"Tom has got the potential, the expectation lies with everyone,"
asserted the boss. "For any United player, we expect a certain
standard.
"Tom played his first game on Tuesday night – we gave him an
hour. He had trained for about 10 days so he was in good physical
condition for it.
"Given that we have a game tomorrow, I think an hour was just
about right for him."