Marouane Fellaini | 2013/14 Performances
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Strange how Fellaini looks more strange with "normal" hair than Moyes does with his hair.
Fellaini: This is my dream
After completing his transfer from Everton, new signing Marouane Fellaini spoke exclusively to MUTV. Here's what the Belgian had to say...
How do you feel now you’re a Manchester United player?
I’m very, very happy. It’s a big moment for me. I waited for a long time, I’ve worked hard for this and I’m very happy to join this big club, this great club. I hope to do everything for this club.
When you knew Manchester United wanted you, did you always want to come here?Of course. It’s the biggest club in the world so of course I wanted to join this club. I tried everything to join the club.
What’s today been like? It went right for the deadline…
It’s been difficult, a very long day. I waited to the end… I know the situation, but this day has been very long.
You’ve played and scored at Old Trafford, but what will it mean to run out with a red shirt on?It’s a big stadium, a big club. I hope I can score a lot of goals for Manchester United.
What do you hope you can achieve as a Manchester United player?When I was young it was a dream to play for Manchester United. Now I’m here so I’ll try to give my best to the club. I want to win trophies. That’s the most important thing.
I love you, Marouane.
Really hope the fee isn't used again him by other fans, although I feel it will be.
He's a good player and will improve us.
He's a good player and will improve us.
Both hilarious, and proves that Fellaini would look daft now with normal hair.
I don't care how much we actually paid for him, it's just the way the club went about it that annoys me. We ended up paying 4.5m extra for him, that was apparently basically the difference that stopped us getting Herrera.
I'm glad we got him, at the very least he's an option if/when Carrick is out which we desperately needed.
I'm glad we got him, at the very least he's an option if/when Carrick is out which we desperately needed.
This was so predictable.
I'll support Moyes because he's our Manager - Woodward seems an arse but an easy target.
Centre Midfield has been an issue for years.
Fergie and Gill have done zip in that area since about 2007 - Carrick, Anderson and Hargreaves.
Fabregas, Thiago, Ozil - going on past experience Fergie wouldn't have brought those players in so why give the current establishment a hard time.
Today we get Fellaini - a player that can do a good job, a player that our manager knows yet everybody has a problem with it.
I'll support Moyes because he's our Manager - Woodward seems an arse but an easy target.
Centre Midfield has been an issue for years.
Fergie and Gill have done zip in that area since about 2007 - Carrick, Anderson and Hargreaves.
Fabregas, Thiago, Ozil - going on past experience Fergie wouldn't have brought those players in so why give the current establishment a hard time.
Today we get Fellaini - a player that can do a good job, a player that our manager knows yet everybody has a problem with it.
It sucks for Fellaini that our big summer signing has been put in a no win situation right off the bat through no fault of his own.
He's going to need time to gel with our squad and that is going to take time, time that the media and even our own fans likely won't give him. Many people didn't want him here to begin with (myself included) and add that to the huge transfer fee and the story about how we pulled out of the Herrara deal because of him, he's already facing an uphill battle.
He's going to need time to gel with our squad and that is going to take time, time that the media and even our own fans likely won't give him. Many people didn't want him here to begin with (myself included) and add that to the huge transfer fee and the story about how we pulled out of the Herrara deal because of him, he's already facing an uphill battle.
He can change a game on his own. He did it against us too. There are only a few players in the league that can totally grab the game like Fellaini. He just doesn't do it like Scholes/Iniesta/Keane so people aren't excited.
The fact is - he is feckin huge and can chest the ball down or win the header better than almost anyone in the league while being good defensively and having a scoring touch.
I am happy with this.
The fact is - he is feckin huge and can chest the ball down or win the header better than almost anyone in the league while being good defensively and having a scoring touch.
I am happy with this.
Fellaini is going to be fine for us. the only disappointment is the way he handled our transfer matters this summer. yes we went for cesc fabregas 2 or 3 times and got rejected which is fine. at least we tried. and then suddenly we kind of stop trying.
i supposed fellaini could have been available 2 or weeks ago for 22 million. why we didn't just put a 22million bid then and trigger his release clause? and we could have used him against pool last monday. at least he would have probably tried harder and better than most of our midfielders during that match, although he could have been sent off as well.haha
i believe many posters here also pick him in their fantasy team over the last 2 or 3 years a sign that fellaini is actually a very effective player. he was in mine for much of the last 2 seasons as well.
fellaini and herrera would have been a good day for us. kind of disappointed and angry that suddenly someone within the club thinks herrera is not worth 30 million.
i supposed fellaini could have been available 2 or weeks ago for 22 million. why we didn't just put a 22million bid then and trigger his release clause? and we could have used him against pool last monday. at least he would have probably tried harder and better than most of our midfielders during that match, although he could have been sent off as well.haha
i believe many posters here also pick him in their fantasy team over the last 2 or 3 years a sign that fellaini is actually a very effective player. he was in mine for much of the last 2 seasons as well.
fellaini and herrera would have been a good day for us. kind of disappointed and angry that suddenly someone within the club thinks herrera is not worth 30 million.
I didn't want him here and especially not for that price. But what's done is done. Looking at the circumstances and how it came to the 11th hour, I'd rather us pay the 27 and get him rather than not getting him at all. We needed an addition to the squad. Fellaini will help, but he won't be a long-term solution and he won't be what we need in Europe.
I'd go ahead and fire Woodward as well.
I'd go ahead and fire Woodward as well.
Imagine, had they played today just right, not been absolute cnuts, and aimed for the right players off the bat, we could have had Fellaini, Herrera and Coentrao without any controversy, and looked like we had brass that had a fecking clue what they were doing.fellaini and herrera would have been a good day for us. kind of disappointed and angry that suddenly someone within the club thinks herrera is not worth 30 million.
Not noticed his eye brows before... quite a patch on him. Stick ons?
I for one would have been fecking delighted, everyone I'm sure would have. We'd still have overpaid, but it wouldn't have mattered, I believe.Don't....just don't
That would actually have made for a fantastic window.
Right now, I feel like shit, despite rating Fellaini, and wanting him here all along.
In the same boat mate.
Welcome to United. We could have had you bedded-in by now and saved £4m in the process long time ago. Not blaming him though.
Count me in that boat as well.
Overpaid a bit but he is one player whom I used to loathe first because his constant bullying of United but had began to admire. He need to cut down on few of the persistent fouls. On the other hand, his goal scoring knack and physical presence in dead ball situations at both ends, added to a good job he does in midfield will certainly be a plus for us. Welcome Fellaini
27.5 for fellaini. 40 gets you Ozil.
And this is our only business of the summer.
And this is our only business of the summer.
Any word on how the 27.5 million is being paid? Is it all up front or spread out over a few years? Also if we had meet the buy out clause of 23.5 million would that have had to be paid up front? If the money is not all up front it might explain why we paid 4 million more than we would have if we had bought Fellaini before the buy out clause expired.
please play Fellaini in the middle, no more bullying in the centre from rival teams.
This. If we've bought him to play further up the pitch then we can feck right off. I don't want to see ugly hoof football at united. But I doubt it will happen, moyes isn't stupid enough to try that shit out at a club as big as united.
The problem is we lack a midfielder whose got the technique and brains to lead our CM. So when things will get messy and we can't find an opening, Felliani will go forward and we know exactly what is going to happen.
Fellaini will do well for us. He'll get stuck in and create problems going forward. But we still lack technical quality I'm midfield and fellaini doesn't change that. But he adds a bit of grit and physicality that's been missing.
I agree.
However as stated. When things get tough and we cant find an opening then we know exactly what is going to happen. Felliani is going to go further up and we'll end up hoofing the ball hoping that this strategy would work.
I wouldnt mind Felliani but not at this prices and only if he's partnered with a playmaker
in the past when we had the technical quality in the form of Scholes, other teams tried to out-muscled him.
To outmuscle scholes you need to get close to scholes.
Yup. As I've said before fellaini addresses some weaknesses (too easy to go through our midfield), but doesn't solve the biggest issue for me which is the quality of our cm on the ball and hence our quality to hold possession when pressed.
Undisclosed fee.
I'm happy.
I'm happy.
That clause expired last month so there was no option other than to pay whatever Everton wanted.
Fellaini deserves our full support, and hopefully he'll get it. This transfer window was a disaster, but in my opinion this was the one bright spot. Well, not considering the transfer fee that exceeds the release clause of just a month ago, but that can in no way be blamed on Fellaini. It can be blamed on Woodward, though, the useless tit.
Herrara for 36 million would be a joke, I watched him with the under 21, he is 24 yo, can worth no more than 15 million
feck the negativity. We signed a midfielder!
That's my thought too but there is too much frenzy that we've paid over the clause due to incompetence. So it must be true
Crazy how underwhelming it feels despite waiting so long !
Welcome to OT, should give us that bite in midfield we' ve been lacking and bring in some revenue from the sale of Fellaini wigs.
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