Welbeck: Tom Cleverley can become a world-class player

Danny Welbeck believes that team-mate Tom Cleverley can mature into a world-class talent. 

The two are friends off the pitch and have linked up well on it, with Cleverley’s inch-perfect cross finding the striker for a goal in the club's home game against Tottenham in August.

Cleverley has been missed in recent games as he has twice been sidelined with injuries, but the 20-year-old striker feels that he will continue to make rapid progress on his return to action.  

"I think he can become a world-class player," Welbeck told the club's official website.

"Football is such a simple game, it's how hard you make it for yourself. Tom keeps it so simple and it is hard to do that when you're in centre-midfield, but Tom does that. He gets the ball, passes it, moves into space and he's just always there as an extra option every time you’ve got the ball.

"He's really good to play with, I enjoy playing with him so much and he's got the awareness, the vision and the ability to pick out a pass and actually produce a final pass as well and he's just going to carry on improving. You can see that every single day in training. He's a really good player."

The two have both risen through United’s youth system at Carrington, so it is unsurprising that the pair’s combination looks so natural. 

Welbeck added: "We are really good friends off the field and quite a few people come up to us and tell us that it shows on the field.”