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Fellaini can also be seen as being disruptive to United’s momentum, the midfielder having a tendency to make unnecessary or lazy challenges owing to a lack of pace. This season, for instance, he has committed 30 fouls in his 11 Premier League appearances.

Furthermore, despite his height advantage over many of his opponents, Fellaini has won just 40% of his headed duels in the Premier League this season, which suggests that the 28-year-old certainly hasn’t put his substantial physique to the best possible use.

United manager Louis van Gaal spoke earlier in the season about the possibility of deploying Fellaini in a more advanced position, but such a policy doesn’t seem worth pursuing, with the former Everton player having only created seven chances in the Premier League this season while having found the net just once.

Even players who have regularly been deployed in defence, such as Daley Blind and Ashley Young, have created more chances than Fellaini in the top flight this campaign.

Meanwhile, when he is used in central midfield, Fellaini often struggles to hold his own and has won just 48 duels in the Premier League this season, with 197 players in the division having outperformed him in that regard.

Despite having played fewer minutes than his counterparts in United’s midfield this season, Fellaini has still hit a greater proportion of wayward passes in the Premier League than Morgan Schneiderlin, Michael Carrick and Bastian Schweinsteiger.

The fact that United are able to call upon the aforementioned trio suggests that allowing Fellaini to leave wouldn’t have too much of a negative impact with regards to squad depth.

Despite nominally being a defensive-minded player for much of his time with Everton, Fellaini has averaged just one defensive action per game in the Premier League this season; the vast majority of his United teammates have been more active in that regard.

Games often appear to pass Fellaini by as he is frequently unable to make a significant contribution to United’s play.

Fellaini’s struggles with regards to one-on-ones haven’t just been limited to this season. Since joining United in 2013, he has yet to win more than 50% of his duels in a Premier League campaign, and that looks set to continue this time around.

All of the above statistics demonstrate that United would be making a wise decision by allowing Fellaini to move on to pastures new this month.