Adam Dennehey WAFU manager
Manchester United’s third-choice keeper Ben Amos will be going out on-loan to Steve Bruce’s Hull City for the season. Many fans are delighted that the Macclesfield-born Old Trafford youth graduate will be getting an opportunity to test himself in the Championship which is a highly competitive league.
In recent years players such as Tom Cleverley and Danny Welbeck have gone out on loan and come back better players, forcing their way into first-team places. After all what’s the point of sending lads out and them not benefiting as a result?
Of course not every loan deal is guaranteed to work, let’s look back at a few over the last couple of years which haven’t – not for one minute that United fans don’t think that Ben Amos will not do well next season, far from it.
Guiseppe Rossi – After scoring bucket-loads in the reserves since signing from boyhood club Parma, the little Italian who broke through to the first-team in 2005/06 was sent out on loan to Glen Roeder’s Newcastle United. Rossi frustratingly only scored once in 13 games. In the winter he was loaned to Parma. His goals kept the side up and helped earn him a permanent move to Villarreal in the summer of 2007.
Lee Martin – Signed for approximately £1million from Wimbledon in October 2003, big things were expected of silky winger Martin. Sadly he was never fulfilled his potential and went on loan 6 times before being sold to Ipswich Town them managed by Roy Keane in 2009. His loan spell at Rangers in 2006 was frustrating to say the least as after a bright start under Paul Le Guen he struggled and was frozen out of action due to injury.
Rodrigo Possebon – After doing well in the reserves the talented Brazilian was given chance due to injuries at the start of the 2008/09 season only to suffer one himself at the hands of Middleborough’s Emmanuel Pogatez in a Carling Cup tie. That set him back but things looked up when he joined Braga in a season-long loan. Only 2 months into the deal, Possebon was sent back to Old Trafford only to be sold to Santos two summers ago.
Federico Macheda – In a way the winner that Macheda scored against Aston Villa in the title run-in in 2009 has proved to be a problem for him, as expectations have always been perhaps too high for the Italian. Whilst injury ruined his loan-spell at QPR last season, his spell with Sampdoria in 2011 was a disaster. In a struggling team, he played under two managers and made the most of his 16 appearances in brief spells of the bench.
Joshua King – It was somewhat of a surprise when Norwegian forward King was sent out on a season long-loan to Bundesliga side Borussia Monchengladbach last summer. After all the Germans had a strong squad, one that by the season’s end would go onto qualify for the Champions League. However in January after making only 2 appearances the loan was cancelled and he was sent out to Hull City until the season’s end where he played regularly.
By Adam Dennehey @ADennehey87
