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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Aston Villa signed Manchester United midfielder Tom Cleverley on a season-long loan, Aston Villa announced Tuesday.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On Monday, the signing appeared to be in jeopardy when paperwork was filed after the transfer deadline, following an agreement between the two sides to a $12 million deal. The Premier League was expected to rule on the matter on Tuesday.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Transfer Tracker: Keeping tabs on all of the major moves across Europe&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;According to&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;The Guardian&lt;/em&gt;, Everton&amp;nbsp;also bid just under $9 million for Cleverley, but United rejected the offer.&amp;nbsp;Cleverley has made 79 appearances for Manchester United since 2011.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cleverley, 24, has 13 caps for England in international play.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After three weeks of Premier League play, Aston Villa has seven points, while Manchester United has only collected two.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;em&gt;Scooby Axson&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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