Manchester United will listen to offers for Marouane Fellaini in January with West Ham favourites to secure his signature
MAROUNE FELLAINI'S horrendous error at Goodison Park could be the final straw for Man United as the club are set to listen to offers for the midfielder in January.
The report that United will allow Fellaini to leave Old Trafford in January, but only if it's on a permanent basis.
West Ham are interested in bringing the Belgian to East London, but would prefer a loan move.
And owners David Gold and David Sullivan are believed to find the cost of Fellaini's wages and transfer fee excessive.
United forked out £27.5m to sign Fellaini from Everton in 2013, but with the player coming to the latter stages of his career, it is unlikely that they will recoup what they paid for him.
A fee of £20m is believed to be more realistic.
Sunderland boss David Moyes, who managed Fellaini for six years at Everton and United, would love to bring him to the Stadium of Light.
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But the Black Cats board are mindful of the threat of relegation and are very unlikely to allow Moyes to sign a player on high wages for the long-term.
Fellaini came on in the 85th minute at Everton and needlessly brought down Idrissa Gueye two minutes later to concede a penalty and hand the Toffees a point.
He has been derided by United fans for his performances during his three and a half years at the club, but has remained in favour with bosses Moyes, Louis Van Gaal and now Jose Mourinho.
Mourinho has been a big fan of Fellaini's height and defensive qualities and defended his decision to bring him on to see out the game at Goodison.
In the press conference after the match, the Man United boss didn't take kindly to questions by journalists about the substitution.
He said: "I thought you would know more about football than you do.
"Everton is not a passing team any more like they were in the past. Everton is a team that plays direct: goalkeeper direct, Ashley Williams direct, Ramiro Funes Mori direct. Everything direct.
"When you have on the bench a player with two metres [in height] you play the player in front of the defensive line to help the team to win the match."
At times Fellaini has looked like he may be about to find his feet under Mourinho, but for every good performance there has been an incident like the one at Everton.