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23/01/2013 08:00, Report by A Bostock & S Bartram

Tom eyes cup glory

Manchester United have won five FA Cup finals in Tom Cleverley's lifetime - but none since he became a professional footballer.

The Reds midfielder wants to help rectify that quirk and he's already made a decent start by scoring the club's maiden goal in the 2012/13 competition, in the third-round tie away to West Ham. Cleverley says United's exertion to eventually win the tie proves how important the cup is to the players.

"It's a squad full of winners here and we definitely didn't want to lose that match," said Tom, referring to the first game when a late Robin van Persie equaliser was wildly celebrated.

"United haven't won the FA Cup for quite a while now," he adds. "The last time was in 2004, and it's definitely a trophy I want to win. It means a lot. In fact, we've got a few players in the squad who haven't won anything [major] in this country as yet, including myself, so anything we're involved in I want to win."

Cleverley did help the Reds to win the Community Shield in 2011, in his only club appearance so far at Wembley Stadium. And having

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Tom Cleverley on the ball at Old Trafford

Thirst to be first

"United haven't won the FA Cup for quite a while now. The last time was in 2004 and it's definitely a trophy I want to win. It means a lot."

- Tom Cleverley

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