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15th Feb 2016

VIDEO: Marouane Fellaini targeted by ‘abusive’ fans on night out with his brother

Tough night

Simon Lloyd

It’s not been the greatest of weeks for Marouane Fellaini.

The Belgian has never been top of the popularity list amongst Manchester United’s supporters, and after it emerged that the Belgian had been left out of the squad to face Sunderland on Saturday, ‘No Fellaini’ was trending on Twitter.

A quick glance at some of the tweets mentioning that particular phrase, and it was clear that many were pleased to see that Louis van Gaal had decided to rotate his players.

As if that wasn’t enough to put a dent in his self-confidence, it’s now emerged that Fellaini was allegedly targeted by three ‘abusive’ revellers as he enjoyed a night out with his brother earlier in the week.

Video footage has surfaced of the incident, which took place during the small hours of the morning in London nightspot, Mahiki.

A source at Mahiki told The Sun: “Fellaini and his brother were in the club most of the evening.

“They were with friends in a private area. Some guys went over for autographs and generally bothered them.

“It was late on, about 4am, and the door-staff stopped anything happening and kicked the others out.”

A source close to the United player added: ‘Marouane and his brother were approached by a group of guys who were abusive towards them, security in the club stepped in and removed these guys from the club.’

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