Manchester United midfielder Tom Cleverley believes he is being used as a scapegoat for the side’s current dreadful form and campaign.
The champions have had a woeful season so far under David Moyes and are currently nine points off a Champions League place after they conceded a 94th minute equaliser to Fulham at Old Trafford on Sunday.
A lot of the fans are getting inpatient with the club’s recent drop and despite Moyes getting a lot of the stick from the media, it is Cleverley that is fielding abuse from the fans, and he believes it is wrong and that they are just using him as a scapegoat.
“When I first started getting singled out, it stung,” the midfielder told the Mirror. “But it’s something you have got to learn to take when the team is not doing well.
“My job goes under the radar at times. I am not a player who’s going to beat three or four people and stick it in the top corner or go round tackling people like Roy Keane.
“I would like the fans on my side and it hurts a little bit when you have grown up at the club and love the club every bit as much as the supporters.
“But there are other people in the current United squad who have been through this kind of thing and they have made sure their quality shone through.
“I have got to look at those people. I have learned to take it with a pinch of salt and I’m sure it will make me stronger for the rest of my career.
“I feel I’ve been made a scapegoat a little bit. A few people in the media certainly seem to have a perception of me not doing much in the team.
“Don’t get me wrong, I know I can do better but people are making a big thing about how I don’t score enough goals when that is not necessarily my first job in the team.”
Written by Alex Batt – @AlexBatt – @AlexsArticles
