With the appointment of David Moyes at the helm of Old Trafford, there could not be a better time for Manchester United to solve their growing midfield problems.
A name that will strongly be linked to United will be Marouane Fellaini and according to his Twitter account, the Belgian is already a Red Devil.
@EFC_Marc_ @Leah_Mufc18 that's right… Belgian national team nick name is Red Devils http://t.co/fEQCLQuTn9
— Marouane Fellaini (@Fellaini) May 9, 2013
Despite merely being a coincidence, 25-year-old Fellaini would be considered by some to be a great signing for the club. His 6ft 4 broad frame makes him a real presence in the middle of the park and with 12 goals in 34 games for Everton this season, he has been instrumental in their quest for European football.
Fellaini has certain attributes that the current United team lacks. His known aerial ability, versatility, defensive skills and all-round play could provide United with the bite and stability in the middle of the park they have lacked. With the Premier League known for its physicality, United have come short against the bigger teams in Europe in aspects such as off the ball movements, mostly due to the lack of a midfielder that can retain the ball in the first effort of trying.
Manchester United have been heavily reliant on Michael Carrick this season and fortunately, an injury-free season has meant that the Englishman has only missed two league games this season.
Being a natural ball-stroker in the park and master of technique, movement and creativity, Carrick has been a key figure for United in their 20th title triumph.
But to relieve the pressure from his back, United need to buy a man who is versatile enough to bring strength to the defence but also talented enough to be able to bring the ball forward.
Fellaini would be a fitting first signing for David Moyes. He has blossomed under his watchful eye at Everton and with the Belgian national side brooding some real talent right now, Fellaini will have an international edge to his game.
He would certainly provide comfort to the eyes of Manchester United fans who have seemed to struggle to find a Roy Keane-like player ever since the Irishman’s departure from United in 2005.
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I’M NOT DISPUTTIN D IDEA OF SIGNIN MIDFIELDER BUT WE NEED CR7 AT ALL COST. LET YOUNG, VALENCIA AND YOUNG CONTINUE THEIR CAREER ELSE WHERE.
WLC DAVID MOYES
You guys should just go on playing Football Manager .. Moyes’ll buy anyone he thanks will help the team ..not just because the guy is good …
we don,t need felliani ,we need creative mildfeilder like gundogan ,wanyama,strootman ,lars bender , de formation goes lik dis, keeper de gea, defenders rafeal, vidic ,garay of benfica, baines mildfeilders zaha wanyama strootman james rodriguez strikers rooney van persie for sub nani kagawa jones lars bender chicharito cleverley ,we need to offload de likes of anderson,young,valencia ferdinand
Uer welcom moyes,pls we need c7 or lowandorski, sell Rooney & val. Wishin u best
I tink thy should sell anderson,young n vallencia so dat thy we use d money to buy player like felanin n cboy or Bale.
United should sign fellani for care midfield and wayaama for defensive midst to help carrick incase of injury and rotating, kagawa back of VP or rooney , bale or rodriquez @ left midst and ronald, val, or zaha @ right midst:: defensive normal as usuall with their attack… Hahahhahahaha we are good to bring europe ( champions league ) home and reclaim EPL:: welcome david moyes . We de fan love u :: up united
Rooney shud say is a gud striker he contributed a lot 4 man u winning d league,buying fellaini is gud I dn’t support of selling any play all of them did a marvellous job, Cr 7 is ok to come back to man united”” I support. David Moye coming to united.
C.r in, falcao in, wayanma in and felli in. If wayne want to leave then sell him off EPL. Up United
we dnt him now,maybe 2 of this players(strootman,gundogan or wanyama) and either ronaldo,bale,james R or de maria.
Look at the above grammar, i can forgive you non native english speakers for using embarrassing 1950’s expressions like Up Man Utd… but look at the english, is this not your language? You lot really are THICK. And as a non native english speaker I would like to point out that lose, which united and scousescum will do a lot of next season is spelt with one O. Loose, as you english thickos like to spell it has two O’s, got that english thickos?
1) ‘English’ requires a capital letter.
2) Learn how to use simple punctuation like apostrophes.
3) While you’re at it, learn how to use commas too.
4) It’s ‘non-native’ (with a hyphen).
5) Learn the rules of grammar yourself before you go trolling on sites such as this one, THICKO.
Moyes do not listen what the pple say yu the rightman for the job. HERE IN ZIMBABWE WE SAY YOU WELCOME!!!
Do you know that man united dont need another striker? Fellani wil b a gud signing bcos of his height n strength.kagawa can do de creativity with rooney playing behind rvp.thats a good thin.then the return of ronny would be a wonderfull boost..
Moyes have to buy Fellaini ane Lewandowski
If you wanna get fellainI…then gondagan should also come in…we are not just gonna rely on fellaini alone…good creative midfielder…welcome moyes!!!!!
Plz man utd shud tri all possible way 2 sign Robert Lewandoski dis season, and fellaini, perhaps c. Ronaldo. Up utd, up champions 4eva
Man u shud hav buy lewandorski c.ronaldo and Garet Bale and sack Rooney,Nani,Anderson,Valencia & ashley young to renew the team
i appreciate
4new manager david moyes ur mostly welcome 2old trafford
We need Anderson fit, no Fellaini. Are Stoke suddenly?
Are we..
STOKE ARE MUCH BETTER
ROONEY OUT …. FALLAINI IN …. PROGRESSION……. OF SORTS……… FOR A MEDIOCRE MANAGER
Fellaini has already agreed to sign for Chelsea. Baines maybe, but United would need to cough up 20m+ for him too. So unless your owners have suddenly changed overnight… I very much doubt it!
so United didn’t spend over £20m last summer then ?
Wow, I must have imagined RvP signing for MUFC then
Well, David Moyes wbuying somebody like Fellani to our club will be very very great. And for Wayne Rooney aspect lets sell him elsewhere but not our big rival chelsea. Up Man utd.
Fellaini wsn’t d type of player manu need now coz manu need a creative midfilder also wingers.wel am nt sayin fellaini is nt gud but he wsn’t d type we wnt at manu fc.