Apparently getting shirt number 10 (currently Benayoun's) and a five-year deal has been agreed between the player and Chelsea. Valencia want 30m Euros for Mata, Chelsea still 2m Euros short if reports are to be believed.
Juan Mata
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Why would they give away his shirt number unless he's off?
£35 million + Benayoun for Modric
I'm happy for the Prem. We're getting some of that glamour back with players like Suarez, Aguero and Mata playing here.
Yeah and it would be great if we add Sneidjer.
If he goes to Chelsea that might be his role as well. Putting in crosses from out wide.
Maybe they read KingMinger22's thread.
Yeah, the lack of glamour these last few years has been a real downer. Was starting to lose interest tbh. I'm just so pleased Chelsea signed Mata, City signed Aguero and Liverpool signed Suarez. Fantastic news. Yay!!
Rumours of a 27 million euro fee agreed between Valencia and Chelsea, rumours on twitter and apparently reported through Marca.
Woohoo!!
Get the feck in!
Excellent news, our rivals has strengthened.
Excellent news, our rivals has strengthened.
Too cocky? Overconfident? Its ain't going to be that easy to win the trophy this season.
Think of the glamour, man. Think of the glamour.
I know what he means though, in the last 5 years the Premiership has lost:
Henry, Ronaldo, Fabregas, Ballack, Shevchenko, Crespo, Alonso, Eboue, Macherano and Van Nistelrooy.
While they may not all be big names now and they may not all have lit the Premier League up, they were household names that had a following around the world and attracted viewers.
Maybe it's a case of not realising what you have until it's gone.
You could argue we have genuine stars still in:
Rooney, Nani, Ferdinand and Vidic, Van Persie, Drogba, Torres, Lampard, Terry, Silva, Tevez and Modric.
Maybe that isn't what he was arguing though. If we are talking glamour as in pretty boy Beckham types that's just ridiculous and irrelevant.
Whoooosh!
'UEFA can stick FFP up their arse'
Very good signing if true, but it Juant Mata if Cleverley does the business for us.
Urgh..
Urgh..
Missed a trick there. Could have gone with "...it Juant Mata if Fergie boxes clever(ley)".
Word. All we need now is for Wayne's hair to grow lush and football will be fun again.
Well, there was that season where Ronaldo signed for RM, and then all the players linked to British clubs weren't coming (Kaka, Villa, Etoo) etc and it seemed the prem lost its appeal to quality foreign players.
Now it's coming back. Glamourous.
I know what he means though, in the last 5 years the Premiership has lost:
Henry, Ronaldo, Fabregas, Ballack, Shevchenko, Crespo, Alonso, Eboue, Macherano and Van Nistelrooy.
While they may not all be big names now and they may not all have lit the Premier League up, they were household names that had a following around the world and attracted viewers.
Maybe it's a case of not realising what you have until it's gone.
You could argue we have genuine stars still in:
Rooney, Nani, Ferdinand and Vidic, Van Persie, Drogba, Torres, Lampard, Terry, Silva, Tevez and Modric.
Maybe that isn't what he was arguing though. If we are talking glamour as in pretty boy Beckham types that's just ridiculous and irrelevant.
Yes, this is exactly what I meant. Premiership was losing some great players, and other non prem great players were avoiding coming here. I definitely don't mean the Beckham bit.
I know what he means though, in the last 5 years the Premiership has lost:
Henry, Ronaldo, Fabregas, Ballack, Shevchenko, Crespo, Alonso, Eboue, Macherano and Van Nistelrooy.
What no one else notice this odd one there?
Move to Chelsea is now as good as complete according to Sky
VALENCIA C.F.
Valencia Football Club has reached an agreement in principle with Chelsea FC for the transfer of the player Juan Manuel Mata. The agreement is subject to the relevant medical tests.
Valencia Football Club has reached an agreement in principle with Chelsea FC for the transfer of the player Juan Manuel Mata. The agreement is subject to the relevant medical tests.
Wow! Just when Juan Mata been forgiven for thinking he was sure to joining Arsenal.
See. Never a chance with Arsenal, but I knew something was up with the chelsea rumour. I'm good with this Valencia stuff, I gotcha covered
Hes just what they need. Tough fecking league this year. Whither Arsenal?
Au Hazard, Balthazar.
Apart from failing to grasp what a fantastic signing Silva would be, you mean?
Said he wasnt worth the £30 million most caf users posting in his thread were suggesting. Said he wouldnt produce as much as Berbatov in his first season. But did say he has the potential to be one of the best players in the world.
He had a poor first half of the season and a much better second half. I wasnt wrong
Class player, would have preferred him to WS in all honesty.
Oh well
Oh well
Of course you weren't. You never are. At least you'll never admit it anyway. The rest of us can draw our own conclusions.
rofl sounds about right. Silva had a fair few detractors though.
Good signing for them. Very tough league this year but I feel confident that we can still more than challenge obviously. Feel sorry for Arsenal fans though slightly, thought he was coming to them a week or so ago and now he's gone to a rival when their squad is looking really really poor.
I admit it loads of the time. You just like to insert your own arguments people dont actually say and argue with that instead.
For instance I said that City got him for a decent price. Far cry from ekeke hates Silva or cant admit he's done well at City or what-have-you
TBH I've always gotten the impression that you hated Silva as a player
Because its easier than sorting my pro-Silva remarks from my anti-Silva remarks.
Ekeke said something bad about Silva? I'll be lazy and just assume he hates him rather than have to think
Dunno about anyone else but Chelsea in their current state aren't title challengers not based on their 2 performances thus far anyway however if they end up lining up like this come September then
---------------Cech---------------
Bosingwa---Alex---Terry---A.Cole
-------------Ramires-------------
-----Modric----------Lampard-----
Sturridge---------------------Mata
---------------Torres---------------
And that's without mentioning their options from the bench in Lukaku, Drogba, Anelka, Kalou, Malouda, Essen, Mikel, Ivanovic, Luiz
Scary good, only remaining question marks will be if the young manager can get them playing to their potential....
---------------Cech---------------
Bosingwa---Alex---Terry---A.Cole
-------------Ramires-------------
-----Modric----------Lampard-----
Sturridge---------------------Mata
---------------Torres---------------
And that's without mentioning their options from the bench in Lukaku, Drogba, Anelka, Kalou, Malouda, Essen, Mikel, Ivanovic, Luiz
Scary good, only remaining question marks will be if the young manager can get them playing to their potential....