Marouane Fellaini

[kishman]

Marouane Fellaini (born November 22, 1988 in Etterbeek) is a Belgian football player, currently playing for Standard Liège in the Jupiler League. Fellaini was born to Moroccan parents and as a child belonged to numerous football academies. He began playing football at the age of seven for Anderlecht. He was at the club's academy until aged ten when he joined Mons and three years later joined R. Francs Borains. He then left the club and was signed by Sporting Charleroi.
He is very tall and has a good heading ability. His stamina makes him one of the best box to box midfielder in the Jupiler League
At the age of seventeen he signed his first full-time contract with Standard Liège. On October 1, 2006 Fellani was linked with a move to Tottenham Hotspur by British tabloid newspaper the News of the World. Scouts from Arsenal are also rumoured to have watched the player.

From the ITK thread:

Standard Liege midfielder Marouane Fellaini, 18

anyone hear this?
£500k

apparently we get him on the cheap if we include a sell-on clause

 

[kishman]

Height 194cm

Jesus, he's one tall mofo. Anybody see him play, is he in the Belgium U21 squad?

 

[SpurSince57]

Yes, he got sent off after 18 minutes last night. Hasn't he been mentioned before? Is he one of Spursking's 'One to watch +' boys?

 

[kishman]

Stalteri's son? :shrug:

 

[ChubbSpur]

Stalteri's son? :shrug:

:rofl: WOW.

box to box midfielder, i cant see him replacing Jenas somehow.

 

[vegassd]

A quick youtube search does shows a few unremarkable headed goals.

:shrug:

 

[gally180]

Stalteri's son? :shrug:

Must be his love child, wonder if Mrs Stalteri knows :shrug:

 

[longdistancespursfan]

well this one would have the big 4 running scared.

we have a good squad of players what we need are 4 top quality proven players,

 

[justfookinhitit]

With a surname like that his nickname has got to be "Fellatio"

 

[belsunz]

Am Belgian. Know him very well. Holding midfielder, but capable of the box-to-box role too. Very strong and aggressive (got sent off twice for belgium in one week). Wins nearly every header he's going for with his heigth. He can be massive in a couple of years.

 

[ChubbSpur]

Am Belgian. Know him very well. Holding midfielder, but capable of the box-to-box role too. Very strong and aggressive (got sent off twice for belgium in one week). Wins nearly every header he's going for with his heigth. He can be massive in a couple of years.

If his aggresive streak can be properly controlled sounds very promising. Thanks for sharing :up:

 

[longdistancespursfan]

Am Belgian. Know him very well. Holding midfielder, but capable of the box-to-box role too. Very strong and aggressive (got sent off twice for belgium in one week). Wins nearly every header he's going for with his heigth. He can be massive in a couple of years.

what did he get sent off for? if its for getting caught out of position and lunging in then it doesnt sound too promising, if its for dangerous play or elbowing and the like i dont think i want a player that cant control his aggression, a player getting sent off never helps the team.

 

[joey55]

what did he get sent off for? if its for getting caught out of position and lunging in then it doesnt sound too promising, if its for dangerous play or elbowing and the like i dont think i want a player that cant control his aggression, a player getting sent off never helps the team.

Titus Bramble :shrug:

 

[DC_Boy]

Am Belgian. Know him very well. Holding midfielder, but capable of the box-to-box role too. Very strong and aggressive (got sent off twice for belgium in one week). Wins nearly every header he's going for with his heigth. He can be massive in a couple of years.

Cheers for info :grin:

He sounds exactly like the type of tough MF we need - get him in if he's any good

 

[longdistancespursfan]

Titus Bramble :shrug:

ok joey you got me there, surprised you didnt say zokora though

 

[belsunz]

what did he get sent off for? if its for getting caught out of position and lunging in then it doesnt sound too promising, if its for dangerous play or elbowing and the like i dont think i want a player that cant control his aggression, a player getting sent off never helps the team.

Against Finland (last week) he got a second yellow for a hard tackle on the opponent's half, pressurizing but coming in too hard. Caught the player and deserved to be sent off. Yesterday with the U21 was a joke second yellow for a routine foul. He's simply too strong physically for the players on that tournament. He played against Joao Moutinho last saturday (Belgium U 21 - Portugal U 21) and it was like the portuguese magician wasn't playing that night. He lost every ball to Fellaini.

Only problem is he has to learn to control his aggression. It's natural hard playing, no elbows or dirty fouls just because he's caught out or something. It's just natural aggressive play. Would not like to play footie against this kid.

 

[joey55]

ok joey you got me there, surprised you didnt say zokora though

Tbh he was the first name to enter my head, but thought it would be better to avoid another argument with the members of the cult of Zokorology.

 

[nidge]

what did he get sent off for? if its for getting caught out of position and lunging in then it doesnt sound too promising, if its for dangerous play or elbowing and the like i dont think i want a player that cant control his aggression, a player getting sent off never helps the team.

Make your mind up for yourself. :shrug:

http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under21/fixturesresults/round=2240/match=85176/index.html

 

[SpurSince57]

From what Belsunz says, he could be a real snip for £500k.

Of course, that's according to Pablo. :razz:

 

[snake1]

Stalteri's son? :shrug:

Eek Love child.