Marouane Fellaini- Everton
Fellaini has been one of the Premier League’s most reliable performers ever since Everton signed him from Standard Liege for £15 million. That has certainly been money well spent for the Toffees, who have used Fellaini in a variety of different positions, from a deep lying defensive midfielder to an attacking midfielder who plays just off the striker. Due to his power and height, Fellaini is excellent at both attacking and defending set pieces and has scored many important goals for the club over the years. However, his excellent performances for Everton haven’t gone unnoticed and it seems that many of the Premier League’s top clubs will be making a move for Fellaini this summer. One of those could be Manchester United. David Moyes used to coach Fellaini at Everton and the pair enjoyed a good relationship at Goodison Park. Moyes could be hoping to be re-united with Fellaini now that he is at Old Trafford and he could certainly use a powerful midfielder like Fellaini to strengthen the Red Devils midfield. Due to his versatility, Moyes could give Fellaini any kind of role and the Belgian would fulfil it.
He would most likely be used as a box to box midfielder, someone who can run all day and carry the ball around the pitch. Due to him being such a physical presence, another midfielder would end up having the time and space to pick a pass and unlock a defence. However, other clubs are also interested in Fellaini, with Arsenal and Chelsea thought to be the biggest threats to United’s attempts at signing Fellaini. Both Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho see Fellaini as being exactly the type of physical player that they need to form a new look midfield around. Fellaini has a buy-out clause of £23.5 million in his contract and all three Premier League clubs are seriously considering activating it in order to try and bring the midfielder to their clubs. However, that clause in Fellaini’s contract expires in the middle of August and interested clubs would then have to pay around £30 million to sign Fellaini. It looks like clubs interested in signing Fellaini will have to move fast or risk missing out the midfielder altogether.