Manchester United Football Club has been on a good run lately, the last game of which was at home to Hull City. Marouane Fellaini scored the second goal in that game, and just a couple of days later, the club has confirmed that the big-Belgian has agreed to an Old Trafford contract extension.
The 29-year-old has had another twelve months added to his contract, meaning his deal will now expire in the summer of 2018, rather than this coming one.
At the end of the day, it just makes good business sense to tie him down to an extra year on his contract, rather than letting him walk away for free in six months time. The ball is now in United’s court, and if a club does want to buy them they can at least command some sort of transfer fee for his signature.
That said, it looks as though Jose Mourinho quite likes Fellaini, and he is a player that seems to fit the manager’s style of play down to a tee.
The fans obviously weren’t all that happy with the news, however, and they took to Twitter to vent their frustrations. In my opinion, you just have to put complete trust in the manager, particularly when he has been so good for us until now.
Check out some of the best tweets here:
MY CAT DIED THIS MORNING AND THIS IS STILL THE WORST NEWS I'VE HEARD!
— Gaz. (@GazLUHG) January 12, 2017
A complete blunder move by Mourinho,
Fellaini manages to stay under 3 different managers, kudos to this guy!!!! ?????— Akshay Agrawal (@RedDevilAkii) January 12, 2017
FFS
— Cian (@CianSmith98) January 12, 2017
You just ruined my good week ffs.
— RealDevil7 (@Real_Devil7) January 12, 2017
Marouane Fellaini has signed a new one year contract extension at Manchester Utd until 2018. pic.twitter.com/LuNE2MmePw
— sele okodugha (@selejoe69) January 12, 2017
i would have preferred keeping @SchneiderlinMo4 than @Fellaini tbh. Who am i to judge. The coach knows best
— King ? James (@IamJhYmZe) January 12, 2017
When you see that @ManUtd extended @Fellaini's contract till 2018. pic.twitter.com/wdgyWB8qq2
— •®™ منتصر (@eyenmbakara) January 12, 2017
@ManUtd can you give us fans a very valid reason why you extended @Fellaini contract? What clause? Can't we sell him and schneiderlin to Eve
— •®™ منتصر (@eyenmbakara) January 12, 2017
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