Utd prepared to sell Fellaini this summer

I would not dismiss the story so quick, Moyes bought him in panic, he did not fit in, I doubt he will ever fit in.
Granted we will take a loss on him, but he is still a decent player and would suit a mid table PL team, get a bid of £15m for him and I would sell.
 
You should bit their hands off if a 15m offer comes in.

12m is about the right value.
 
Please have a good World Cup. Maybe then someone will throw 20m at us.
 
It sure is looking like he was a panic buy and he definitely hasn't shown he can fit in yet but United never normally let a player go after one season. We spent a load on him and will look even worse if we don't at least give him a chance next season. Don't get me wrong, he's not good enough to be a first team regular but is hardly a bad squad player to have as back up.

Saying that though, if van Gaal has said he has no use for him then maybe we will get rid and just cut our losses. I personally think van Gaal will look at him and think he can improve his game and will end up giving him a chance. It's not that he's a bad player, it's more a case of us messing everything up in the summer last year and then getting rinsed by Everton for him. Fellaini does offer us something different though and should be given another season to see if he can fit in or not first.
 
An Irish Red said:
If it was up to me I'd take whatever we can get. It's pointless keeping him here when he's not up to it.
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Up to what, though?

We need squad players - Van Gaal will need 'em too.

If he's aiming for a 4-3-3 the above is even more true as regards central midfielders. Sell him for a pittance and lose most of his ridiculous transfer fee - or keep him as squad player?

The man has done very well for Belgium in a three.
 
He's proven he can do a job at a club with Europa League aspirations if they play to his strengths. Just because he was a let down at United doesn't mean a mid table club wont take a punt on him especially at a reduced price.

I really wanted him to be our midfield bastard but he's rather symptomatic of the whole Moyes debacle and I think its probably a good time to call it quits for him too.
 
Chesterlestreet said:
Up to what, though?

We need squad players - Van Gaal will need 'em too.

If he's aiming for a 4-3-3 the above is even more true as regards central midfielders. Sell him for a pittance and lose most of his ridiculous transfer fee - or keep him as squad player?

The man has done very well for Belgium in a three.
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He's nowhere near technically good enough for what we are trying to achieve and he's not good enough defensively to compensate for that.

We could keep Carrick, Fletcher and Cleverley; sign two midfielders and still have enough numbers without him. Five should be enough (especially if we play a 4-2-3-1) and in any injury crisis we have Phil Jones who can play in there anyway (with Mata, Kagawa and Rooney all available should it go really wrong).

I really don't see any reason for not selling him should we get the chance.
 
An Irish Red said:
He's nowhere near technically good enough for what we are trying to achieve and he's not good enough defensively to compensate for that.

We could keep Carrick, Fletcher and Cleverley; sign two midfielders and still have enough numbers without him. Five should be enough (especially if we play a 4-2-3-1) and in any injury crisis we have Phil Jones who can play in there anyway (with Mata, Kagawa and Rooney all available should it go really wrong).

I really don't see any reason for not selling him should we get the chance.
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Hm. I don't know precisely what we're trying to achieve - apart from, presumably, mounting some sort of league challenge.

Fellaini isn't good enough technically - even for a squad player. But Phil Jones is?
 
Chesterlestreet said:
Hm. I don't know precisely what we're trying to achieve - apart from, presumably, mounting some sort of league challenge.

Fellaini isn't good enough technically - even for a squad player. But Phil Jones is?
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Your standards are not going to be as high for a defender helping out in midfield during an injury crisis as they should be with a regular midfielder though.

I'd genuinely rather have Phil Jones in midfield than Fellaini as it happens, which says a lot. I'd rather give Ben Pearson a run than him as well.

What qualities do you think he has that would justify him taking up a squad place here?
 
Imagine if he did sign for West Ham and was partnered with Carroll it would be as horrible to play against as it would be to look at.
 
Chesterlestreet said:
Hm. I don't know precisely what we're trying to achieve - apart from, presumably, mounting some sort of league challenge.

Fellaini isn't good enough technically - even for a squad player. But Phil Jones is?
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We have no European football.. Why do we need Fellaini as a squad player. If we buy 2 new midfielders that leaves us with 6 CM's. Thats far too much... Two have to go.
 
Mainoldo said:
We have no European football.. Why do we need Fellaini as a squad player. If we buy 2 new midfielders that leaves us with 6 CM's. Thats far too much... Two have to go.
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This.
 
Mainoldo said:
We have no European football.. Why do we need Fellaini as a squad player. If we buy 2 new midfielders that leaves us with 6 CM's. Thats far too much... Two have to go.
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We don't know that we'll be buying two midfielders.

And we don't know how Van Gaal regards our current crop either.

I repeat: Fellaini has done very well in a three for Belgium. Surprisingly well for a player who apparently has no technical ability. Van Gaal likes a three - we know that much.

I don't fecking know what Van Gaal thinks. But I would imagine we aren't positively keen on losing a shitload of money on a player we bought less than a year ago.
 
As much as i would like to see Fellaini depart from Utd, we need to get some replacements in before we consider letting him go. It's early, but i am getting an uneasy feeling about our midfield targets, just like last year.
 
Hopefully Moyes takes the Celtic job and takes the mop with him as Fellaini is the apple of his eye and Fellaini was born to play for a club like Celtic and Fellaini would be in long ball heaven again up at Celtic with Moyes infamous long ball and cross from the wing tactics
 
Chesterlestreet said:
We don't know that we'll be buying two midfielders.

And we don't know how Van Gaal regards our current crop either.

I repeat: Fellaini has done very well in a three for Belgium. Surprisingly well for a player who apparently has no technical ability. Van Gaal likes a three - we know that much.

I don't fecking know what Van Gaal thinks. But I would imagine we aren't positively keen on losing a shitload of money on a player we bought less than a year ago.
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I get you... So it will look abit like this

Carrick ----- Fabregas(e.g)

------ Fellaini-------

What do we do with Mata, Rooney, Kagawa? That doesn't really look very mobile. I agree it wouldn't be in our best intrest to lose money on a most recent investment however if we can get £15m for him why not.
 
I think there are a fair amount of continental teams that would rate Fellaini as a solid CM as captain of Belgium. They have a very winnable group, too. Could probably convince Inter, some Russians, the new Valencia owner or some such type to pay 15 million for a 26 year old fixture in the Belgium side.
 
Mainoldo said:
I get you... So it will look abit like this

Carrick ----- Fabregas(e.g)

------ Fellaini-------

What do we do with Mata, Rooney, Kagawa? That doesn't really look very mobile. I agree it wouldn't be in our best intrest to lose money on a most recent investment however if we can get £15m for him why not.
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Again, we simply don't know how Van Gaal intends to line up - and that will naturally be the decisive factor here.

Right now, though, just looking at the central midfielders available - does it make any more sense to ship Fellaini out than Cleverley or Fletcher?
 
sullydnl said:
Source is bullshit.

Can't see the club cutting its losses this quickly, particularly as we're so weak in cm anyway. I suspect it will happen sooner rather than later though. We'll eventually get to the stage where Fellaini just has a squad role here and, though he is good enough for that squad role, there would still be plenty of other players better suited to the club and our style of football.
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A player like Fellaini doesn't have a place in a Louis Van Gaal team. He's on his way out.
 
NoPace said:
I think there are a fair amount of continental teams that would rate Fellaini as a solid CM as captain of Belgium. They have a very winnable group, too. Could probably convince Inter, some Russians, the new Valencia owner or some such type to pay 15 million for a 26 year old fixture in the Belgium side.
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Big Sam is under too much pressure to play nice football next season so that rules out him taking Fellaini off our hands...Tony Pulis might pay 15 million for him...If Moyes goes to Celtic then Fellaini will be his first signing there....If Neil Lennon takes over at Norwich in the championship then he might go for Fellaini...Steve Bruce could be interested in him......I think he would be a good buy at 15 million for a lower team like Palace, Celtic or Hull etc who base their attacks around crossing the ball in from the wing to a giant target man
 
He'll get another year at least. I believe Van Gaal can improve him.
 
Ringo 07 said:
Big Sam is under too much pressure to play nice football next season so that rules out him taking Fellaini off our hands...Tony Pulis might pay 15 million for him...If Moyes goes to Celtic then Fellaini will be his first signing there....If Neil Lennon takes over at Norwich in the championship then he might go for Fellaini...Steve Bruce could be interested in him......I think he would be a good buy at 15 million for a lower team like Palace, Celtic or Hull etc who base their attacks around crossing the ball in from the wing to a giant target man
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He`s not that bad a player, for feck`s sake. He won`t go to Palace. Newcastle, back to Everton to take Barry`s role, even Arsenal might buy him for 15.
 
Truedevil said:
Maybe Arsene still would like him? No way i agree.
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That would be ideal for all parties - Wenger gets his man, Fellaini gets to continue his Champions League career at the Emirates, and we can put the money towards bringing Fabregas in. Perfect all round.
 
Big Sam has only barely kept his job with the promise that his team plays in a more entertaining manner. He won't sign Fellaini.
 
TBH I feel quite sorry for Fellaini.

It's not his fault, he tried, but he just doesn't seem to have been the player we needed him to be. He was very good at Everton at times, but he became the face (entirely outside his fault) of last summers transfer fiasco and thus the face of the Moyes regime, and one we paid over the odds for to boot. Add to that that he spent half the season struggling with injury and when he came in he didn't have anyone of any strength or skill to play off of in the centre of midfield.

Of course he's not blameless and I wouldn't lose sleep if we sold him, but I put it more down to Moyes than Fellaini myself. I hope he can reignite his career somewhere else if he does move on, as he is clearly a decent player.
 
Yes please. Take him and his flailing elbows away.
 
Chesterlestreet said:
Again, we simply don't know how Van Gaal intends to line up - and that will naturally be the decisive factor here.

Right now, though, just looking at the central midfielders available - does it make any more sense to ship Fellaini out than Cleverley or Fletcher?
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Think we can take a guess on how Van Gaal intends to line up from his past history. I think from his point of view it makes sense to ship out Fellaini and keep Cleverley as the latter qualifies as a home grown player and is a lot more mobile and may end up suiting Van Gaal's tactics.

We'll bite the hand off any bid that is around £15m
 
FlawlessThaw said:
Think we can take a guess on how Van Gaal intends to line up from his past history. I think from his point of view it makes sense to ship out Fellaini and keep Cleverley as the latter qualifies as a home grown player and is a lot more mobile and may end up suiting Van Gaal's tactics.

We'll bite the hand off any bid that is around £15m
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Yeah, well - we'll find out soon enough.
 
It would make no sense to sell him now. He can't possibly have a worse season than this season and his value can only go up next season.

Unless LVG literally never plays him I don't see how his value could do anything but increase. His performances obviously weren't helped by the entire team playing dreadfully for much of the season. If LVG can turn things around, which we all seem convinced he will, Fellaini's performances won't have to improve drastically for his value to rise.
 
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