Jose Mourinho surprises everyone and returns a big, familiar name to Manchester United team

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