#5 He can still command a decent fee
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While Fellaini probably isn’t a United-calibre player, that doesn’t mean he’s not talented enough to play a huge part for another Premier League club. During his time at Everton, for instance, he was arguably their key man, and I don’t think there can be any doubt that there’d be a queue of suitors looking to sign the Belgian if he became available tomorrow.
While his disciplinary record was pretty terrible at Everton too – in his first season he was booked ten times in seventeen games, and 2012/13 saw him banned for headbutting Ryan Shawcross of Stoke – certain Premier League teams would probably welcome that style as they look to rough up the more cultured sides of the league like Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City and Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal.
He’s the sort of player Tony Pulis at West Bromwich Albion or Mark Hughes at Stoke City would give their eye teeth for.
Would he command the near-£30m fee that United paid to sign him four seasons ago? Perhaps not, but realistically United don’t need the money and to be fair, with the money from TV rights still flooding into the Premier League, a team like Stoke may well be willing to shell out big bucks for him. Lest we forget, they spent £13m to bring Joe Allen in from Liverpool, which means the money is there.
The bottom line is that Fellaini likely wouldn’t be difficult to offload – which is why Mourinho ought to do it now, with a year remaining on his contract.
