The warmth and respect with which Tom Cleverley spoke of his former Manchester United and England teammate Michael Carrick this week was reciprocated by the Middlesbrough boss.
“The last time we won the league at United we played a lot of games together, and him becoming a manager makes me feel old! “They’re looking a bit longer term now with his appointment and they’ll be looking for a strong end to the season exactly the same as us, so it should be a good game." “I was exactly the same as a player. When I was at United, it was almost part of the evolution of what you were expected to do as a player as you were getting a little bit older and considered a senior player.
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