Everton deny Fellaini pay reports

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EVERTON have denied reports waived bonuses accounted for $6.8million of Marouane Fellaini's transfer fee to Manchester United.

As the dust settled on United's last-minute move for the Belgium midfielder, several newspapers claimed it took Fellaini's intervention to get the deal over the line.

The reports suggested his transfer request saved Everton $6.8m in bonuses, allowing them to accept an offer of $40m from United in line with an expired buy-out clause in Fellaini's contract.

But Everton's director of communications Alan Myers has shot down those suggestions, insisting the $47m for Fellaini is coming solely from the Old Trafford club.

Myers wrote on his Twitter page: "For those asking: No Felli did NOT pay £4m of the transfer fee! The buying club will pay £27.5m."

The fee for Fellaini is understood to be $45.5 m up front with a further $1.5m in add-ons, some of which Everton forked out on deadline-day to sign James McCarthy and bring in Gareth Barry and Romelu Lukaku on loan.

Meanwhile, Moyes will bid again for Ander Herrera and Leighton Baines in January to try to restore Manchester United's crumbling reputation as a major player in the transfer market.

Though Moyes was relieved to land Marouane Fellaini from Everton shortly before Monday night's transfer deadline, there was no mistaking the widespread dismay among United followers at the catalogue of failures that preceded it.

New chief executive Ed Woodward has been held largely to blame, but Moyes is eager to claw back some credibility by ensuring United hit the ground running when the window reopens in January.

He will keep a close eye on Herrera's form in midfield for Athletic Bilbao and look for any signs of Baines struggling to settle again after uncertainty over his future at Everton.

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Herrera could well pitch up at Old Trafford given his willingness to move on Monday, but Everton are ready to open talks on a new contract for Baines worth at least £75,000 a week — a rise of around £25,000 a week on his current deal.

The chance to make amends must seem an age away for rookie United transfer negotiator Woodward after the way his club were led up the garden path over Cesc Fabregas during the summer and stalled at almost every turn on deadline day.

United's troubles in the window began with mixed messages over Fabregas, creating the false impression that they could prise him away from Barcelona, and ended with no fewer than four Real Madrid players eluding them.

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Moyes insisted yesterday the pursuit of Herrera ended because he simply considered the £30.5million fee too high, saying: "I really liked the player and still do. We were trying to do a deal but I just thought the buy-out figure was the wrong valuation."

United maintain they did not make a second bid, having had a £26m offer rejected last week.

The Daily Mail has learned United also delayed too long over trying to steal Mesut Ozil away from Arsenal, were rebuffed over Real Madrid's Sami Khedira and Luka Modric and finally missed out on Fabio Coentrao after Real failed to recruit a replacement for him.

Additionally, Galatasaray officials have revealed they blocked a United move for Wesley Sneijder a fortnight ago, making it a who's who of midfield targets they failed to secure this summer. At the last count, it read Sneijder, Fabregas, Thiago Alcantara, Daniele De Rossi and Herrera.

Sportsmail also understands United passed up the chance to sign Ozil a fortnight ago as they were pursuing other options.

It seems almost unbelievable a club as big as United could stumble from one rejection to another, but Germany midfielder Khedira confirmed he had been the subject of a failed bid.

He said: "The club turned down the offer and that was it. We didn't really have the chance to discuss it. I had a longer chat with Carlo Ancelotti a few weeks ago and it was relatively clear to me that I'd stay.

"We (players) don't have any influence in the high transfer fees. Real refused the Manchester United offer and I'm happy with that."

Finally, to add insult to injury, Coentrao slipped the net at such a late stage. His proposed move was announced as a done deal, albeit briefly, on the websites of at least one Spanish newspaper and La Liga.

Fellaini remains the club's one significant signing, though their junior ranks were boosted by the capture of FC Zurich's Saidy Janko, 17, who can play on the right of midfield or at right back.

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