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Tom Cleverley quit Manchester United after becoming a target for the Old Trafford boo-boys.

Cleverley was unveiled at Aston Villa on Thursday after joining on a season-long loan.

And the midfielder revealed he was HAPPY to leave the Old Trafford giants and predicted there is no way back for him at United after the fans turned against him last season as the defending champions toiled under first-year manager David Moyes.

Cleverley said: “If any footballer gets a bit of stick off their own fans they are going to be hurt. Football is a game of opinions and you can’t please everyone.

“I am happy to get away from some of the negativity. Whenever you are not winning trophies at Man United the players are going to get some stick.”

Despite doing well in pre-season, Cleverley says the Red Devils' new boss Louis van Gaal made it clear he could go on deadline day.

He said: “I wasn’t emotional or anything like that. I didn’t get a chance to say many goodbyes. It is something I had prepared myself for.

“Louis van Gaal was always straight with me. I had a fairly good pre-season where we won every game, but he has his own players. The manager made it fairly clear it wasn’t going to happen for me there.”

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Cleverley admits he suffered from a loss of confidence last term, but says so did everyone at United as they came seventh and Moyes was axed.

He said: “If you looked at the games the areas I was playing were a little bit deeper and different systems. It probably didn’t suit my game perfectly but if all the players can say they were high in confidence they would be lying.

“It wasn’t just me, the rest of the squad too and that rubs off on most of the players and the fans. It was a tough season for us last year. But we’ve got away from the negativity of that and this is a brand new challenge.”

Academy graduate Cleverley now cannot ever see himself playing for United again.

The Villans have an option to buy the midfielder in January as his contract expires next summer. Everton are also interested.

He added: “With me being out of contract at the end of the year if I am being honest I don’t think I would play for the club again. In modern football it is rare that one player, like Giggsy or Scholesy, plays for one club for their career.”

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