{"id":290142,"date":"2011-03-05T08:59:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-05T08:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/05\/everton-midfielder-marouane-fellaini-absolves-club-of-blame-for-injury-after-david-moyes-expresses-surprise-at-his-fathers-claims\/"},"modified":"2011-03-05T08:59:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-05T08:59:00","slug":"everton-midfielder-marouane-fellaini-absolves-club-of-blame-for-injury-after-david-moyes-expresses-surprise-at-his-fathers-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/05\/everton-midfielder-marouane-fellaini-absolves-club-of-blame-for-injury-after-david-moyes-expresses-surprise-at-his-fathers-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Everton midfielder Marouane Fellaini absolves club of blame for injury after David Moyes expresses surprise at his father&#8217;s claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Jake Watson<\/h3>\n<h4>5 Mar 2011 08:59:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"74.9507936508\">\n<div readability=\"13.3990147783\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Marouane Fellaini of Everton (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/f8d9edfe114693_news.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Marouane Fellaini of Everton (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"48.1674162919\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/belgium\/16148\/marouane-fellaini\">Marouane Fellaini<\/a> injured his ankle in last weekend&#8217;s 2-0 victory over <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/537\/sunderland\">Sunderland<\/a>, ruling the midfielder out for the rest of the season, but has absolved the club of any blame after reports emerged from Belgium claiming that his father blamed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/110\/everton\">Everton<\/a> for aggravating the injury through negligence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am aware of comments that have appeared in the media and all I can say is that I was fit to play against Sunderland,&#8221; Fellaini told the club&#8217;s official website.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I trained well the day before and I wouldn&#8217;t play in such an important game if I wasn&#8217;t ready for it and I wouldn&#8217;t be selected if I wasn&#8217;t fit enough.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am bitterly disappointed to have my season ended early but these things happen in football and I just have to work through it,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It happens and nobody is to blame.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fellaini&#8217;s comments will no doubt be welcomed by manager David Moyes, who had earlier responded to the reported criticism from the player&#8217;s father by telling reporters: \u201cMarouane was fit and wanted to train, so I&#8217;m really surprised by the comments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;ve let him go home for a couple of days, so I am looking forward to seeing him and him explaining what it was all about.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe always wants to be out there. He wanted to train on the Tuesday [after Chelsea] and we held him back. He wanted to train again on the Thursday and I said no.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe boy was desperate to play, so we never saw this coming &#8211; there was no risk at all of him playing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jack Rodwell is likely to play against Newcastle today as a direct replacement for Fellaini, as the England Under-21 star looks to secure a regular starting berth.<\/p>\n<p>With Fellaini out injured Moyes would like to see more from Jack Rodwell,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere have been signs of Jack coming back and realising, &#8216;Hey, you&#8217;re not just a boy. You&#8217;re a man and if you are in the team, you have to play like a man&#8217;. He has realised it is not easy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/f8d9edfe114693_news-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/05\/2380122\/everton-midfielder-marouane-fellaini-absolves-club-of-blame\" title=\"Everton midfielder Marouane Fellaini absolves club of blame for injury after David Moyes expresses surprise at his father's claims\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Everton midfielder Marouane Fellaini absolves club of blame for injury after David Moyes expresses surprise at his father&#8217;s claims<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Jake Watson 5 Mar 2011 08:59:00 Marouane Fellaini of Everton (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Marouane Fellaini injured his ankle in last weekend&#8217;s 2-0 victory over Sunderland , ruling the midfielder out for the rest of the season, but has absolved the club of any blame after reports emerged from Belgium claiming that his father blamed Everton for aggravating the injury through negligence. &#8220;I am aware of comments that have appeared in the media and all I can say is that I was fit to play against Sunderland,&#8221; Fellaini told the club&#8217;s official website. &#8220;I trained well the day before and I wouldn&#8217;t play in such an important game if I wasn&#8217;t ready for it and I wouldn&#8217;t be selected if I wasn&#8217;t fit enough<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-290142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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