David Moyes is set to have clear - the - air talks with Marouane
Fellaini over the midfielder's claims he could quit Everton in January.
Not exact matches
However, as per the Metro, Mourinho has revealed to reporters that he will be targeting a
midfielder this summer with Michael Carrick set to retire and with doubts continuing
over Maroune
Fellaini's future at the club.
In
midfield, Marouane
Fellaini is facing a race against time to recover from a calf injury, which he picked up during United's 3 - 1 win
over Swansea City last time out.
Fellaini, who's currently being paid # 80,000 - a-week according to the Daily Star, is reportedly one of 20 players that the Turkish side are targeting as per Turkish Football, with Albayrak speaking about Man United's 29 - year - old
midfielder after his side's 3 - 1 win
over fellow Turkish side Goztepe S.K.
Herrera had become one of Mourinho's most reliable performers in
midfield, but has since struggled to play as often with the signing of Nemanja Matic from Chelsea
over the summer, as well as the fine form of Marouane
Fellaini.
Marouane
Fellaini has struggled with injuries since Louis van Gaal took
over at Man United and is not likely to force his way back into the manager's
midfield picture and the Premier League side will be willing to accept as little as # 15m for a player who cost them # 27.5 m last summer.
In
midfield, United started with Marouane
Fellaini, who scored the opening goal in the closing stages of a tepid first half, set up by the 32 - year old German veteran Bastian Schweinsteiger who started his first game for Manchester United in
over a year.
However, this transfer window can only be viewed as a missed opportunity for Moyes, especially after missing out on two of his defensive targets, Leighton Baines and Fabio Coentrao, and paying
over the odds for his fourth - choice
midfield target, Marouanne
Fellaini.
Michael Carrick, who has made the second most passes (467) in the league at the moment, will again anchor the
midfield and keep things ticking
over nicely, whilst
Fellaini will partner him but will push forward at every given opportunity in order to give his team - mates a bigger target to aim for in - and - around the box.
Whilst we all accept that Sir Alex maybe didn't do enough to bolster the
midfield over the previous 2 - 3 years, if he had continued, it's hard to imagine him splashing such crazy money on
Fellaini.