If there is one reason why Manchester United supporters haven't taken to Marouane Fellaini, it is that he is a remnant of the Moyes' era, symbolising the mediocrity and lack of self-belief that had existed around the club during the Scotsman's reign. While Fellaini has done himself no favours with some hopeless performances, he can feel that he might have been made a scapegoat by a certain contingent of the Old Trafford support for being a Moyes' favourite. The summer of 2013 was a panicky one for David Moyes. Entrusted with the hardest job in football, and given the biggest shoes to fill, suddenly he had the luxury of a sizeable wallet with which to enter the transfer market. So used to operating on a shoestring, Moyes was like a duck out of water when forced to deal with moves for the likes of Cesc Fabregas and Thiago Alcanatra. When these failed, and the clock began to tick down to the transfer market deadline, Manchester United still hadn't resolved their midfield crisis. For Everton, Fellaini had been one of their best players, and was one of the main reasons why they had challenged for the top four on so many recent occasions. What Moyes had failed to realise was that the Theatre of Dreams was a significant step up from Goodison Park, and the likes of Fellaini was not going to cut it - and especially not for the likes of £28 million. Looking slow, sluggish and off the pace, Fellaini looks out of his depth at a club the size of Manchester United, and the fast tempo and pace of Louis van Gaal's style only looks like it will serve to push the Belgian midfielder further into the abyss.
Recent Journalism & New Media graduate. Insatiable thirst for all things football, and hopes to break into the field of sports journalism in the near future.
Have made a significantly insignificant playing career out of receiving several slaps around the head for not passing the ball.
