Two. I want us to buy two. That's not a lot. Carrick, Fletch & Cleverley are better players than he is, for the type of football that I want to see United playing. So they can all stay. But buy two top class midfielders to be the main men. Fellaini still has some value, albeit about half what we overpaid for him, so recoup that now. If we were to sell Clev too, I wouldn't be overly upset. Powell is one who I think is worth a shot - ok, he's not a prototypical central midfield player, but he's a young player who deserves a chance. Keeping dead weight like Fellaini just stands in his way, and we'll never know what we have in him until we try him.
Yes, he is of squad player ability. But we spent too much money on him. As a squad player, his value is only going to decrease, so I think we should sell him now, while we might get a bit over half back what we paid. For squad players, I'd rather the likes of Powell etc are given a shot. Anderson is also still quite young, and in my opinion a better player than Fellaini.
I do feel that he's very average at both of those roles, personally. Fair enough though if you think differently. I think he's had about 2 decent games this year, one was against WBA, one ... can't remember who else, but someone else at the bottom. I agree that he's fine for a squad role, but, and this is the key for me - he's too expensive for that. I don't want a 100K squad player. I also think that if he's mostly a squad player (and I think we're pretty much both agreed that he is?) then he'll only depreciate in value. The odd game against the bottom clubs, or in the cups is not going to let him shine, and not going to improve his value. And it's also going to stunt the growth of young players who may or may not have the potential to become top class.
Absolutely spot on.
You obviously haven't read all my posts, not sure why you're apologizing.
Wrong, he did. The deal was in place and Moyes thought he wasn't suited to the premier league. That's according to Guillem Balague, the Guardian and other sources
Thaigo said this and I quote "The truth is that in no moment did United come to us and talk to us. It came from the press, it was always a lie,"
I don't really get what he's saying. He's not being employed as a holding player, or an auxiliary centre half, as he's suggesting. He's clearly been deployed as a box-to-box player for us, with either Fletcher or Carrick being deeper. He spends a lot of time ahead of the ball and pops up on the flanks in the opposition half a lot and makes attempts to get into the box. I don't see how his role for us can be described as anything other than box-to-box.
Also, whilst I'm in this thread, I would like to debunk the myth that somehow Fellaini is this really ambitious, forward passing player. Compare his pass map against Palace (one of his better games)
To Carrick
It's only one example but Fellaini being a positive passer is the other side of the Carrick myth of being a sideways passer.
