This. The hate Fellaini gets is silly, he's a more than capable squad player for Manchester United.
Fellaini | Mou: "It's easier for Galatasaray to get me than Marouane. He is too important to me."
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This. The hate Fellaini gets is silly, he's a more than capable squad player for Manchester United.
If Barca really want him, maybe we can ask for someone in exchange?
I don't mind us keeping him.
I don't mind us keeping him.
No way can he be. Don't get some peoples' idea of footy players
Straight swap with Messi?
That works, and I promise not to badmouth Messi if that happens.
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that's all i got.
that's all i got.
Not sure, heard his first toch isn't the greatest. Bit of a donkey in front of goal.
Rumored to be on his way to Galatasaray. Kinda expected mourinho to keep him, but maybe we need the cash to spend more.
Anyone who doesn't want this to happen needs to question their own ambitions for the club. He is not a player who should be anywhere near our team and never has been.
Not a great fan of the player, but if we sell him in our current state then it would be criminal. Got to get 2 in before we sell him.
Sell Fellaini and buy Barkey?
We dont have enough midfielders. If he goes, do we sign 2? Pogba, Ander will be the only reliable options left.. Pereira is not proven. Carrick is 36.. and looks it.
Id sell him if we only had a squad of 11 players.
If Fellaini is sold, I could see us signing two midfielders as others have said. Maybe Matic and Dendoncker?
In this market, even Fellaini with a year left on his contract should fetch £10m.
Why is your tag line City Fan?
Buying two new midfielders and selling Fellaini sounds great to me.
Try 15 or even 20m. How old is he now, 29?
Probably Sanches on loan. A lot of people forget he has a year left on his contract. The club have no plans to renew.
Looks like we're set to change our whole play-style as without Fellaini we won't have our "hoof-anchor".
We'll need to create in other ways, I guess our attacking players will have to actually do their job this season.
We'll need to create in other ways, I guess our attacking players will have to actually do their job this season.
Good lord I hope so
Please be true We'll need to sign someone though, but Fellaini's presence didn't really changed that
We'll need to sign someone though, but Fellaini's presence didn't really changed thatUnless we're bringing in two midfielders a bit odd to let Fellaini go. Only Pogba, Carrick & Herrera. Pereira is there but not experienced yet. We need CM and CDM if we lose Fellaini.
Haven't we heard this routine before? The squad is already pretty light. I don't see Mourinho being keen on selling his plan B for the sort of fee that won't make any sort of difference when reinvested.
I used to think along these lines - 'we'll never make progress until we stop relying on Plan Bs like Fellaini'. But I'm coming round to the opposite stance: you can get all purist once you're back at the top level, but to get there in the first place you're going to have to be pragmatic.
If we are selling, that means we are close to buying at least 1 player.
We won't be buying two new midfielders. Our targets are one midfielder and one winger and Mourinho has already said he will be happy if we just get one of those.
Plus selling Fellaini would be smart irrespective of our other moves. Pereira is ready to take his place.
Plus selling Fellaini would be smart irrespective of our other moves. Pereira is ready to take his place.
We could just as easily get the 'now that Marouane is leaving, our plans change' to be fair.
No because not all of us a football snob know it alls who really no feck all
Pretty much
I'm thinking that too, wonder if it's gonna be that lad from Anderlecht, the Matic stuff has gone a bit cold recently.
One can hope, but we're more likelier to get £6/7m for him selling abroad. Yes, he'll turn 30 in November.
Make it so. Please, please, make it so.
Please bw true because this'll also mean we're surely in for a midfielder, hopefully different to Matic.
Absolutely no way do we sell Fellaini IMO. Not until we sign a DM anyway.
His very successful loan spell? He can only be 'ready' if he's given the chance, btw. 'Readiness' is not something that will magically conjure at the start of next season when he's a year older.Pereira is ready?ssys who?
Fellaini's box to box so it'd be unlikely that Matic would be his replacement, we must be in for someone else.
I hope he goes but aren't we short of numbers as it is?
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