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Feels like the club are finally heading in the right direction again.
Feels like the club are finally heading in the right direction again.
Fellaini | Gone
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Good fecking riddance.
Can't say he has ever set Old Trafford alight, but he has always acquitted himself correctly and gave the best he could.
Enjoy your final pay day, you deserve it.
Enjoy your final pay day, you deserve it.
Never a Utd player.
Tried hard and had some nice moments but not good enough from day one
His departure is long overdue.
Tried hard and had some nice moments but not good enough from day one
His departure is long overdue.
We did good by getting Fellaini to sign a new contract. Now, we have made a decent profit instead of letting him go on a free.
This is a good news, the club is obviously going in different direction which is good to see, but we need to sign another midfielder before celebrating sale of Fellaini.
Finally! Can't stand the guy.
Had his moments since he signed but largely frustrating, time for him to go. Doesn't offer nearly enough to be a United player.
How much did we get for him? Was it really only 7 mill????
Whilst he does seem a good guy and nobody can fault his effort, I am afraid that I am firmly in the camp that sees him as a walking symbol of the decline of United in recent years and thus I am delighted to see the back of him. But this is still an interesting and well argued article from Mitten
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Only? I thought we were going to end up paying half his salary to play for someone in Turkey?
10m is the latest
He was the embodiment of the laughing stock we've been since 2013 so glad to see him go. Saying that I wish some of the current players had his mentality.
He always tried his best, it's not his fault his best wasn't up to the standards we were used to. Good luck Fellaini.
Good luck Fellaini. I believe in all our players no matter how bad they were playing for us. Call it blind faith, but I call it support.
Have fun with your last hurrah at China, you deserve it.
Have fun with your last hurrah at China, you deserve it.
ye. ONLY. The guy played in the semi final of a world cup. If this was Chelsea, they would have got atleast 30 million for him or what they paid. Players that have been rotting on the bench for years at Chelsea still get sold at a premium price but at United your value, even after you have just signed a new contract is in negative.
Spot on.
And who exactly was going to pay 30 million for a 31 year old Fellaini? Especially after his recent Jose-mandated big pay rise.
10 large for a guy we were just about to lose for nothing in the summer isn't half bad.
He had 18 months left on his contract.
Wasn't it reported widely that he took a pay cut actually?
I love the Sky Transfer Tracker.
James Cooper: "Fellaini deal may drag on past transfer deadline day".
15 minutes later: Fellaini's instagram picture at the airport.
20 minutes later: James Cooper confirms that Marouane Fellaini is on his way to China to agree personal terms.
Wow, finger on the pulse there. He's covered United for Sky for years and seems to have absolutely no contacts whatsoever. Having watched a string of United managers laugh at his moronic press conference questions I am not surprised.
James Cooper: "Fellaini deal may drag on past transfer deadline day".
15 minutes later: Fellaini's instagram picture at the airport.
20 minutes later: James Cooper confirms that Marouane Fellaini is on his way to China to agree personal terms.
Wow, finger on the pulse there. He's covered United for Sky for years and seems to have absolutely no contacts whatsoever. Having watched a string of United managers laugh at his moronic press conference questions I am not surprised.
Can you name another 31 year old player of similar ability to Fellaini who only had just over a year left on their contract who went for £30m?
Good luck to the guy and all the best. Nice to see us finally getting rid of players that are not in the longterm planning. Let's hope Rojo, Darmian, Jones, Valencia follow suit and we move on from them.
No hard feelings against Fellaini. He's not the prettiest player to watch but no doubt he had his uses over the years and some important goals vs Palace, City and Everton and played a good part in our FA Cup and Europa League wins. Can't doubt his commitment but in truth he was never technically good enough to play for us - wish him well
Ye you are right. I just feel like this happens to us in general with our players. We need to be better in the market on the whole
Not before he re-signed in the Summer he didn't.
Decent fee.
Good luck to him, not his fault he should never have been signed in the first place.
Good luck to him, not his fault he should never have been signed in the first place.
Well said.
I certainly haven't heard that. Have read that the club didn't want him back at all but Jose insisted on it. The longer it dragged on the higher the price got.
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Of those 4 I think only Rojo is still on a daft contract with years to run, he might be the most difficult one to get rid of.
His injury record the last few years is even worse than Jones, we'll really struggle to find anyone who wants Rojo.
He was right, it will drag on past transfer deadline day, you don't think it will all be done and dusted before 23:00 tonight do you ?
Finally, good riddance. has anyone wondered why no other top club shown interest in this lump? It's because he's not very good.
No problem with him.. Scored some important goals.. Was never a problem as a squad member.. Plenty of money in China too.
Good luck.
Good luck.
I can understand why we are getting rid of him, but I honestly think we should've kept him until the summer to see if he can aid us in any of our cups or otherwise. If we were going to get the best money for him now then it makes sense, or otherwise its bad business to me
He is a massive asset in certain situations, and in most off the bench and would've helped us a lot in tight cup ties for the season. Theres a long list of players id rather leave the club or be moved to the reserves over Fellaini. We probably wouldnt have even made the ro16 in the UCL without him against juve and hes saved us in a number of games before that
Scoring off of indirect stop ball situations has also been a weakness of ours with OGS and one Fellaini would be useful to improve.
He doesnt suit the club or our 'philosophy' but this may be too early to get rid of him considering we are bringing in no one to replace him. And as we have seen the other midfielders on the bench are inadequate even for their style of play (Andreas and Fred, at least right now they arent good enough).
He is a massive asset in certain situations, and in most off the bench and would've helped us a lot in tight cup ties for the season. Theres a long list of players id rather leave the club or be moved to the reserves over Fellaini. We probably wouldnt have even made the ro16 in the UCL without him against juve and hes saved us in a number of games before that
Scoring off of indirect stop ball situations has also been a weakness of ours with OGS and one Fellaini would be useful to improve.
He doesnt suit the club or our 'philosophy' but this may be too early to get rid of him considering we are bringing in no one to replace him. And as we have seen the other midfielders on the bench are inadequate even for their style of play (Andreas and Fred, at least right now they arent good enough).
Good luck, helped us win some trophies.
I suppose West Ham will buy him and bring him back within a year.
I suppose West Ham will buy him and bring him back within a year.
All the best to a player that gave everything while other big names couldn't manage that and while the fans laughed in his face. When he was confident and on form I believe he belonged at the top level. I wish the fans that appreciated him could let him know some way. Actually rare in the past few years that someone has come in and done 100% for the club.
While I might have pulled my hair out when I saw him picked, I never blamed the player. If a limited player comes on and does his best, its on the manager if that’s not good enough. Glad he’s going, but there’s no sour grapes, hope he has a nice little earner in China. Think he’d get a (modest) round of applause if he turned up at United with an opposing team.
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