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Fellaini backlash: United fans turn on £27m signing as he faces seven weeks on the sidelines with wrist injury
The £27.5million summer signing missed Saturday's 2-1 Barclays Premier League victory over Sunderland and visited a specialist in Manchester before being assessed by medics in Belgium.
He will miss his national side's forthcoming World Cup qualifiers against Croatia and Wales, and up to two months of United matches in the league, Capital One Cup and Champions League.
But when the official Manchester United Facebook page posted the news, the reaction was hardly supportive for the Belgian.
Waiting game: Marouane Fellaini will see a specialist in Manchester before flying to Belgium to be assessed by a national team doctor
The post read: 'On Saturday, news emerged of an injury to Marouane Fellaini that could keep the striker out for at least a few weeks... Join us in wishing Fellaini a swift recovery...'
However, some of the comments left underneath the post were far from positive and it didn't all relate to him erroneously being called a striker.
One said it was 'good news', one was 'actually happy he is out' and another said it was the 'best thing that could of [sic] happened.'
Others went further, with one calling him the 'worst signing in all of Europe this summer' and another opining that 'we look better without him.'
Backlash! Some of the comments left by fans on the Fellaini story
Pain game: Fellani could be out for weeks if he has to have surgery on his injured wrist
The £27.5million summer signing missed Saturday's 2-1 Barclays Premier League victory over Sunderland and visited a specialist in Manchester before being assessed by medics in Belgium.
He will miss his national side's forthcoming World Cup qualifiers against Croatia and Wales, and up to two months of United matches in the league, Capital One Cup and Champions League.
But when the official Manchester United Facebook page posted the news, the reaction was hardly supportive for the Belgian.
Waiting game: Marouane Fellaini will see a specialist in Manchester before flying to Belgium to be assessed by a national team doctor
The post read: 'On Saturday, news emerged of an injury to Marouane Fellaini that could keep the striker out for at least a few weeks... Join us in wishing Fellaini a swift recovery...'
However, some of the comments left underneath the post were far from positive and it didn't all relate to him erroneously being called a striker.
One said it was 'good news', one was 'actually happy he is out' and another said it was the 'best thing that could of [sic] happened.'
Others went further, with one calling him the 'worst signing in all of Europe this summer' and another opining that 'we look better without him.'
Backlash! Some of the comments left by fans on the Fellaini story
Pain game: Fellani could be out for weeks if he has to have surgery on his injured wrist
