UEFA will not take any action against Manchester United’s Marouane Fellaini for his alleged elbow on Liverpool midfielder Emre Can last week. The incident was not mentioned by referee Carlos Velasco Carballo in his match report, meaning no retrospective action can now be taken.
At times this season, we’ve seen the Manchester United attack consist of lobbing long balls to Marouane Fellaini.
Which says a lot about why Paul Scholes has been so critical of the team in 2015-16, and the CEO of United’s shirt partner Adidas said he displeased with the aesthetic style, and you see major news outlets running headlines like this:
Truly, if you have a primary attacking option that consists of lobbing long balls to Marouane Fellaini, then we need to post this meme yet again:
However, it also makes the big tall Belgian an integral part of this team, and what Manager Louis van Gaal wants to do with his philosophy. And it’s put Fellaini in demand. According to the Daily Mirror:
“AC Milan are one of the clubs interested in signing Marouane Fellaini but Manchester United want him to stay at the moment and have already rejected several approaches regarding a possible loan deal.”
In other words, don’t expect Fellaini to be leaving Old Trafford any time soon.
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