MEN have got that Fred as the replacement for Carrick, but it would make sense that Fred, seeing as he is a box to box midfielder, is Fellaini's replacement.
I guess MEN feel that a replacement for Fellaini will need to be over 6ft. Against Chelsea, Mourinho mentioned that without Lukaku and Fellaini we lacked 'presence'. Bringing in a tall player, who we could bring on and occasionally start to give us that presence, both defensively and offensively, would be an advantage.
Players like Talisca, Pellegrini, Sergej, Rabiot, Loftus-Cheek, Dendonker would be ideal.
That said, we have a player in McTominay, who, since he's joined our first team squad, has been brilliant, in my opinion.
At 6ft4, I don't see why he couldn't replace Fellaini. He's physical, works hard, gets up and down the pitch and is tactically very good.
Then the addition of Fred means we've got that conductor in midfielder.
To me, Pogba, Matic, Fred, Herrera, Lingard and McTominay are enough midfielders going into next season.
Pogba/Lingard
Fred/McTominay
Matic/Herrera