Man United fans react as Jose Mourinho recalls a familiar midfield face

You have got to hand it to Jose Mourinho. The man is rarely predictable.

There were murmurings on Friday that people's champion Bastian Schweinsteiger would make a rare matchday squad appearance for Manchester United and, sure enough, he is among the subs for the New Year's Eve visit of Middlesbrough. However it is another out-of-favour midfielder who replaces the absent Michael Carrick in the United midfield... good old Marouane Fellaini. Yeah, the sharp-elbowed Belgian is back in the starting XI! Considering he got booed by his own fans while warming up at Old Trafford earlier this month and has been linked with a move away to somewhere, anywhere, the reaction to his return to the side has not been entirely kind. https://twitter.com/ManUtd/status/815195818953150465 Most wanted Schweini in there ahead of Fellaini. https://twitter.com/mElflEg/status/815200084350685184 https://twitter.com/Bakhtiyar98_/status/815200031837945856 https://twitter.com/RedDevilDisco/status/815199827776704513 Most just wanted anyone but the Belgian https://twitter.com/YunHongOfficial/status/815195873676115968 https://twitter.com/DeanMUFC13/status/815196529283788800 https://twitter.com/MUNITEDLewis/status/815197273999233024 Fellaini should be thankful for a guy like Josh. https://twitter.com/Joshariez/status/815196726202081281