A good plan B, but no top European club would ever have a Fellaini in their team for as long as we've had him.
Time to move on. Great news.
Time to move on. Great news.
Fellaini | Gone
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
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This hardly means anything. You could put Jones, Rojo, Pereira and Scott in the market and you wouldn't have "elite" European clubs lining up for them.
Fellaini is going to China, because he has agreed to go there. He was not even in the market 24 hrs back.
This forum is like the facebook comment section
Never mind the fact he gave 100% for your club, scoring some important goals even though he always received unnecessary abuse. Wasn't his fault managers consistently trusted and picked him.
All the best to him.
Yeah because they are all dross, however if you made Martial available there would be suitors would there not?
Periera had some links with Chelsea and Arsenal.
Almost every player on that list is younger than Fellaini. The only two his age were important players for their previous teams.Given that it's the Chinese, I'd imagine at least £20m.
https://www.transfermarkt.com/chinese-super-league/transferrekorde/wettbewerb/CSL
Who the feck at half those players who went for north of £20m?
Fellaini is old and his current team have no real use for him, those two factors are going to guarantee a low transfer fee.
You say giving 100% as if that's a reason to stand up and applaud.
The bare minimum I expect from a United player is giving 100%. I'm not going to be impressed when a player earning millions a year goes to work and puts in some effort. That should be a given ffs.
Harsh to say this but to me he’s unfortunately a personified reminder of our post SAF decline. Absolutely nothing against his work ethic and professionalism but with this and letting Valencia go, I’m glad we seem to no longer be setting for mediocrity.
Least we are getting a fee.
You get the sense this will be the start of a clear out. I’m expecting a big summer.
You get the sense this will be the start of a clear out. I’m expecting a big summer.
Huh?? Martial is not a squad player.
How come Chelsea always get 11tybillion from China & we only get 50p?
If Rojo, Jones, Darmian and Valencia follow him (and we actually get replacements for them), that would be a pretty fantastic summer.
I think that Young and Mata should stay for another year, but wouldn't be upset if they leave too.
Because they are crooked.
I think what you said will happen, except Mata might leave too. Would add Andreas to that list I’d imagine he’ll be off as well.
Hard to sell for a profit when their performances haven't been great, they're barely playing and are on higher wages than they would be at other clubs. To pretty much break even on Schneiderlin worked out great for us when you see what he's done since. Been so bad that they'd almost struggle to give him away - especially with the wages he's on.Well aren't you the optimist. If you look at the players brought in since Woody took over, starting with Fellaini and Mata, either they're still here and underperforming, or they were sold with a loss (maybe he broke even on Schneiderlin)
Pogba was great business though, I'll give him that. But I genuinely think he hasn't sold one player with a profit, how is that not ridiculously poor?
As for Memphis, the price was a bit lower because we agreed buy-back and sell-on clauses with Lyon. With how he's played for Lyon, when he's sold we'll probably have made a profit overall.
I always think posters who celebrate the departure of a hard working player must be particularly negative and simple minded people.
Whether Fellaini leaves or not changes little other than depriving the manager of a further option and in this case one that is unlikely to be used. In that sense it's good business to remove his wages but somehow i don't think those celebrating are overjoyed with additional funds but small minded pettiness.
Never a top talent but he had his uses here and gave his all even when abused by his own fans. A good signing overall even if misused at times
Whether Fellaini leaves or not changes little other than depriving the manager of a further option and in this case one that is unlikely to be used. In that sense it's good business to remove his wages but somehow i don't think those celebrating are overjoyed with additional funds but small minded pettiness.
Never a top talent but he had his uses here and gave his all even when abused by his own fans. A good signing overall even if misused at times
Unfortunately, don't think we have the money to replace everyone in one window. And I really doubt Woodward can close big deals that fast, even if we had money.
To be honest, there's nothing no one can say to make me less excited about getting rid of Fellaini, not even in the case of an injury crisis.
Why good riddance? We don't half have some sorry excuses for fans here.
Scored some vital goals and pretty much did what we always expected him to do.
He's the personification of post-Fergie United and not the quality I think United need, but that's not his fault and I've never doubted his effort.
Same "fans" sticking the knife in now who were tripping over themselves yesterday to spit on Valencia's grave I suspect.
I do wish you'd kindly feck off an "support" a team with players you don't despise.
Scored some vital goals and pretty much did what we always expected him to do.
He's the personification of post-Fergie United and not the quality I think United need, but that's not his fault and I've never doubted his effort.
Same "fans" sticking the knife in now who were tripping over themselves yesterday to spit on Valencia's grave I suspect.
I do wish you'd kindly feck off an "support" a team with players you don't despise.
I'll turn it around and say that anyone who thinks such a limited player putting in some effort is good enough for United, is rather simple minded.
Throwing such flimsy insults at people who don't share your opinion is easy, isn't it?
I doubt if they would want him much now, if he is not cheap. Anyways, my point is Fellaini not being on radar of big clubs hardly means anything. He is going because he wants himself to be sold to Chinese club. Else we were pretty much stuck with him for another year at least.
Based on that notion you should only ever be grateful to your parents. You sound like a fun guy to hang out with.
Fellaini has always given his all despite the unnecessary abuse he received. He scored some important goals in his time here and yes I am grateful for his effort. But anyway, what do I know? Carry on and abuse him, I guess he deserves that considering he hasn't put himself out for you.
A CB, a RB, a right forward and possibly a CM are all we need for next season. Pretty confident that we can do it. We have signed more than 4 players in a window multiple times under Woody, and we should have plenty of money considering that we didn't spend much last summer and all these players leaving (maybe even one of Lukaku/Sanchez) will release a lot of money from the wages.
I am very confident that we are going to sign 4-5 players in the summer.
Couldn't have said it better myself, the PC brigade is bordering on insanity. You'd think he was Gandhi, and if you go by passing range he's not far off.
Fellani gave it his all over here. He can't help his transfer fee, the choice of managers at the club, their decision to play him or his own limited abilities.
He tried his level best to help the team win and was successful on multiple occasions. Just for that and giving it his all, he deserves respect and a proper send off.
He tried his level best to help the team win and was successful on multiple occasions. Just for that and giving it his all, he deserves respect and a proper send off.
At least he put in effort, that's more than some other players can say. And he's still a better midfield option than McTominay and Pereira. We should hold on to him till end of the season. There are other players who I'd rather leave than him.
It depends on what kind of players we are looking at. I mean if we are going for top players, then Woodward has lots of competition to fend off. He has the advantage of "attractive football" at least now. Earlier, we just had money.
I meet these selfless people every day, hitch-hiking and staying for free in people's homes all around the world. They have almost nothing and they share whatever they have. Get a grip.
What sexxxy news is this 
Never in a million years was Andy Carroll a better footballer than the Aston Villa Christian Benteke. He was not just some lump. Much better than Lukaku and was the first choice ahead of him for country. Then it all seems to have inexplicably gone to shit tbh. But the big man had some silk to his game for sure, he had a brilliant touch and finesse with his finishing Carroll and Lukaku could never have.
I refuse to feel guilty about being happy that United might sell Fellaini
I don't care if that means I fail your 'real United fan' test.
I don't care if that means I fail your 'real United fan' test.
Myth 1: we don't have enough midfielders
We've got Matic, Herrera and Pogba as first teamers + Mctominay, Periera, Mata and Fred as reserves. Lingard can also play more centrally if needed
Myth 2: 7m is not good enough
We're selling a 31 year old player whose probably on a huge salary having just signed a long term contract. This guy is so shite that no one wanted to sign him up as a free agent.
We've got Matic, Herrera and Pogba as first teamers + Mctominay, Periera, Mata and Fred as reserves. Lingard can also play more centrally if needed
Myth 2: 7m is not good enough
We're selling a 31 year old player whose probably on a huge salary having just signed a long term contract. This guy is so shite that no one wanted to sign him up as a free agent.
I am not keen on him leaving unless we are getting an offer too good to refuse. He may not be the free flowing type of footballer we want our team to play but he is incredibly useful to have as an alternative in tough games or when we desperately need something. With the games coming up, he would be a nice option. Of course I'd rather us not need to use the option.
Plus I've gained a lot of respect for Fellani over the years. The amount of shit he has to put up with is unreal and comes through it each time
Plus I've gained a lot of respect for Fellani over the years. The amount of shit he has to put up with is unreal and comes through it each time
Really? You got these people to quote? I seem to just remember some fans pointing out his usefulness against the waves of ridiculous hyperbole thrown about, as if he was some bloke we found behind the bike sheds and gave him a 400k a week contract.I remember this
A lot of supporters hella confused right now
Chelsea would have got at least 15m for him, how do they do it? It's not like their players are on low wages either.
Don't exaggerate... When Benteke was prefered to Lukaku, Lukaku was only 20 years old at the time. I always liked pre-Liverpool Benteke, but Lukaku was obviously the bigger talent.
People talk about the abuse Fellaini has received yet I cant remember one moment he has been on the end of such abuse home or away.
It's not a given though is it?
He put in far more effort than some the players you'll continue to support the rest of the season.
It's pretty classless to say 'good riddance' to a player who did nothing but his best.
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