Marouane Fellaini: Manchester United midfielder agrees terms with Chinese club

By Simon StoneBBC Sport

Last updated on 29 January 2019.From the section Man Utd84

Manchester United's Marouane Fellaini — Fellaini has made 21 appearances in all competitions for Manchester United this season

Manchester United midfielder Marouane Fellaini has agreed personal terms with Shandong Luneng with a view to moving to the Chinese club.

United are refusing to say whether a fee has been agreed for the Belgium player, who signed a new deal in 2018.

Fellaini, 31, was the first major signing of the post Sir Alex Ferguson era, joining for £27.5m on deadline day in the 2013 summer transfer window.

The Chinese transfer window closes on 28 February.

Fellaini signed a fresh two-year contract at Old Trafford last June but has has never won over the United fans despite regularly being selected by David Moyes, Louis van Gaal and Jose Mourinho.

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At 31, this about the money. No more big pay days after this. MF can leave with his head held high. Over 100 matches under 3 managers, says he had something to offer. No off-field dramas, fall-outs, complaining, or anything else negative, just a loyal pro footballer, who never complains if only on the bench. Plenty of fans and clubs would be happy to have a similar player available to their team.
Always gave his best in a Utd shirt even tho he wasn't a traditional Utd player - he deserves best deal he can get for himself! Got us out of more than one scrape under mourinho and apparently excellent pro so wish him the best
Good luck to the lad. He’s not a worldy but has been a great servant to United. I wish him well.
Always was a get out of jail player for all the utd managers he played under. Came up with important goals, strong tackler, team player. Agree not a utd player, but while he played at the club, the managers never played utd football.
There goes their Plan B then!

From a neutral perspective, he's done what he's been asked of at Utd. However he's not right for Utd and if they're going to get back to their former glory, replacing players like Fellaini with "Utd-style" players is a priority.
A top professional, a game changer at times, yet has had to endure being the butt of numerous unfair jokes.

If more players had a professional attitude like his, where you give your best despite what's being said by the media and so called football fans, football would be in a far better place.
As a United fan I want to say, thanks Marouane. He was played wrongly for first two years. The last couple of years he has played okay. This season he has played well. The media keep forgetting that the start of this season he was our best player. His attitude has been great this year. He has been playing football and not been using his elbows. Responsible for half our points early this season.
Versatile player, and was brilliant at Everton- however never was, up to Manchester United standard. Jones, Rojo, Smalling, Lukaku and Valencia to follow him out please!
@52 again i go to my comments with regards to the national team of Belgium widely regarded as an excellent "footballing" team and he is a regular for them. he is a squad player and has more technical quality than people give him credit for. dont get me wrong i am not a big fan but i appreciate what he has done for the club and with all the negs against him too.
As a loyall United fan i will be sorry to see him go. He has been treated unfairly by a minority of so-called fans. It is not his fault that he is not good enough for United. However, he always gives 100% and very often he made a difference, unlike some "star" players. All the best to Marouane i say.
Better with his elbows than his feet .. He won't be missed
He was never a fit for Utd but always gave 100% while on the field - can't ask for more at the end of the day. I wish him the best in China.
Good luck Marouane! You did all that was asked of you and never complained publicly about being on the bench, or not being in the squad. You were always an option B for 3 of our Managers, but were never the attacking option that United fans craved for, when brought on. Hopefully, this will be the start of the exodus of Players who have long since gone past their 'best before' date at Old Trafford.
Fellaini vs henderson (liverpool long server) Fell signed 13/14 Hendo signed 11/12 trophies for Hendo 1 league cup and 4 runners up medals. Fellaini 1 fa cup, 1lg cup, 1 comm shield and 1 europa lg. also played 87 times for Belgium during their "GOLDEN GENERATION" Henderson played 48 games for england in possibly the most barren spell of english midfielders......
united fans/abus all saying Fellaini not a united player when you consider the players we have had O'Shea, Fletcher, Phil Neville and more and they are considered utd players. Utd have always been about a great attacking team but with added extras to change a game or change how we play. Our squad is what made us win the amount of championships we have won. top players win games squads win leagues
29. The start of your comment completely contradicts the ends... Scouse education for you.

Good luck to Fellaini, came up with a lot of important goals that secured trophies. I don't think many thought he suited Man Utd. But he definitely won over a lot of fans with his impact from the bench. This article saying otherwise is nonsense...
Can i pay for his taxi?
Good player.
Good riddance.
Not his fault he doesn't fit Manchester United.
He fits plenty of other teams, and will be revered more elsewhere.

Thanks but no thanks, good timing to leave. Good luck!
Good decision, Lukaku next unless there's nobody else to man the pie stall at old trafford
To be fair to him professional, always tried his hardest and didn't let the haters get him down. Played some of his best football under Jose, which kind of tells its own story. Good luck to him, will miss seeing someone who's all knees and elbows that isn't Henderson.