Manchester United: Fellaini attributes boos to Moyes link

Manchester United midfielder believes supporters might boo him because of his David Moyes link.

Arguably Manchester United’s most hated player, Marouane Fellaini questions if the boos he receives are because he was a David Moyes signing.

Fellaini was Moyes’s signing in his first and only summer transfer window with Manchester United. The Belgian was signed from Everton, Moyes’s former club, on the last day of the window for an astonishing £27.5 million.

The Scottish manager lasted less than a season in charge as the club struggled for points in the league and were destined to miss out on European play the next season. With Moyes gone, Fellaini epitomizes the former manager’s struggles leading the Red Devils. The fee paid to bring in a player of Fellaini’s mediocrity signifies how far out of his depth the former Everton manager was.

That’s led the midfielder to wonder if supporters boo him because of his relationship with Moyes. Speaking to the Telegraph, the 28-year-old said:

"“My family care more than me. I am a professional, so I have to deal with it. I try not to listen. Sometimes it is difficult, but that is football and playing for a big club. Sometimes I don’t understand it. Why me? I don’t know.”“Sometimes, I say yes it is because I joined with David Moyes, sometimes I say no. The truth is I don’t know. I know one thing, a lot of people know I work hard on the pitch and for me that’s the most important thing.”"

But unfortunately for Fellaini, I think his beliefs are misguided.

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Firstly, and perhaps most importantly, Moyes’s abysmal transfer record had to have been the fault of Ed Woodward. The executive promised Manchester United could sign any player because of their financial fortitude. But the manager had clearly targeted several world class players, including Gareth Bale, that the club failed to sign.

Additionally, the link to David Moyes itself wouldn’t be enough to create such vitriol against Fellaini. Juan Mata was a January signing, and I think you’d be hard pressed to find a United supporter booing the Spaniard. Which begs the question, what is the difference between the two?

It’s obvious that Mata far outclasses the other, both in terms of technical ability and in terms of his relationship to the supporters. His Monday blogs that offer honest remarks about recent performances have endeared him to the Old Trafford faithful.