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Having snubbed Pep Guardiola and the chance to join Premier League champions Manchester City to move to Old Trafford, big things were expected of Brazilian midfielder Fred.

The 26-year-old joined Manchester United for a fee in the region of £52m last summer, but failed to really show the kind of form that convinced the Red Devils hierarchy to shell out a big sum of money for him.

And now according to Italian publication Il Romanista, Serie A giants AS Roma are considering ending his English football nightmare and reuniting him with his former boss at Shakhtar Donetsk, Paulo Fonseca, who is hoping for a loan move.

Despite his inconsistent form for the club though, many United fans took to Twitter to reveal their shock at Fred's potential departure and labelled it "ridiculous" that the club would contemplate loaning him out after just one season.

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Indeed, many seemed to think that the last campaign could be seen as a transition period for him and that United would see the best out of the Brazil international in the upcoming years.

Some pointed out that Fred's best performances for the club came in the Champions League where the pace of the game is notoriously different to the hustle and bustle of the Premier League, and urged United to keep the faith.

Check out some of the stunned reaction of United fans to the news Fred could be loaned out: