Mata | Mourinho says it's just a Mata of time

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Garethw said:
Welbeck is a strange player. One game he looks like a world beater, the next a second division donkey.
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He's easily our most talented homegrown player in recent years, and yet I could honestly see him playing in a different division one day sadly.

Or more likely abroad if he can learn a foreign language.
 
Van Piorsing said:
No sour grapes or jaded comments. He took it like a real man.

Class Chelsea fan... Yeah, apparently they exist.
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Bebe said:
Well written to be fair, if I were a Chelsea supporter I'd be very concerned about selling Mata domestically.

It's interesting to see how Chelsea fans see Mourinho in more or less the same way we did Ferguson. I'm sure every supporter would be losing their minds if Benitez had tried to pull this move, but because it's Jose they're willing to reserve judgement. Not that they're necessarily wrong in that, it's just drives home how secure I used to feel about our club business under Fergie compared to the last 8 months which have been so full of uncertainty.
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I wont go as far as saying I feel sorry for them, theres not much to feel sorry about, but I do sympathize with their genuine fans. I'd be bouncing off the walls if I were in their position. Imagine Moyes coming in, dropping RVP and then shipping him out to a domestic rival first chance he got. There must be a personality clash between Jose and Mata, its the only thing that makes any sort of sense.
 
Eyepopper said:
I wont go as far as saying I feel sorry for them, theres not much to feel sorry about, but I do sympathize with their genuine fans. I'd be bouncing off the walls if I were in their position. Imagine Moyes coming in, dropping RVP and then shipping him out to a domestic rival first chance he got. There must be a personality clash between Jose and Mata, its the only thing that makes any sort of sense.
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He fell out with his Spanish players in Madrid and didn't play mata, Torres or that full back I cannot spell at the start of the season ( although he is in the side now)
 
Duffy said:
Is it too late to get a "WELCOME MATA" mosaic across the north stand before kick off?
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Probably not too late to shave that into Fergie's head and have him give a silent post match interview.
 
Flandall Ragg said:
He fell out with his Spanish players in Madrid and didn't play mata, Torres or that full back I cannot spell at the start of the season ( although he is in the side now)
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It must be something like that, he may not fancy him as first choice but selling him mid season indicates all cant be well there.
 
David Moyes deep in conversation with Phil Neville there, "get me the latest news on Mata...now..."

its on :drool:
 
So it's a done deal? Brilliant! Watching us today, we are eager, we have energy, but we lack something in the final third. Btw, I think Kagawa and Mata will be great together.
 
The other rumour/news is that Chelsea have made a £30 million offer for Rooney this month. I knew it :lol: Cheeky bastards making out Mata is £40 million and Rooney is less, when they play De Bruyne and Schurrle instead of Mata.
 
It's going to be like when you stop a washing machine halfway through a cycle. It's gonna all come pouring out.
 
Rossa said:
So it's a done deal? Brilliant! Watching us today, we are eager, we have energy, but we lack something in the final third. Btw, I think Kagawa and Mata will be great together.
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Sorry to burst your bubble Cilla but I think they are both heterosexual males...
 
Story to that tweet...http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...to-Manchester-United-accepted-by-Chelsea.html

Chelsea have accepted a £37million bid for Juan Mata and immediately released the Spanish international to join Manchester United to complete the most dramatic deal of the transfer window.

Mata will undergo a medical on Thursday at United before completing the move that will see him more than double his £70,000-a-week Chelsea salary at Old Trafford.

Chelsea have been braced for a bid since Monday for Mata and finally received the offer triggering their acceptance and the release of the player.

The Premier League club are not expecting the 25-year-old to return to them and have already made plans for his replacements. A medical has been booked in for Thursday for Mata and personal terms accepted.

United chose a slightly unusual route to lodge their bid, using intermediaries, but Chelsea have accepted the offer as an official one and manager Jose Mourinho has sanctioned the move.

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The bid, first revealed by Telegraph Sport on Monday, came ahead of the champions Capital One Cup semi-final second-leg tie at home to Sunderland.

Mata’s father, Juan senior, and his representatives flew in from Spain yesterday morning after it became apparent an offer would finally be made.

They are keen for Mata to make the move after he fell out of favour under Mourinho which has placed his chances of playing for Spain in this summer’s World Cup Finals under threat.

Contrary to claims Mata, Chelsea player of the year for the past two seasons, has not had to ask to leave with Mourinho accepting that the scale of United’s offer is too big to refuse given his priorities in strengthening his team lie elsewhere. The bid is at a level that it will have been deemed impossible to turn down by the Chelsea board.

Mourinho’s only stipulation was to make the move happening quickly so he could possibly re-invest ahead of the window closing on Jan 31. There were indications last night that Chelsea might attempt to hijack Liverpool’s £7million move for the Basle winger Mohammed Salah.

Chelsea’s greater priority remains the acquisition of a striker but despite wanting to sign Wayne Rooney United will not enter into negotiations.

While United continued to publicly deny having submitted an offer for Mata, Chelsea were privately confirming that a bid had been lodged and accepted.

Negotiations between the two clubs and Mata’s representatives progressed well during Wednesday and the former Valencia midfielder, who signed for £23.5million two years ago, is set to surpass Dimitar Berbatov as United’s record signing today, subject to a successful medical.

Chelsea were also privately confirming last night that they did not expect Mata to return to the club and that he had agreed terms to go.

United’s reticence in confirming their dealings with Chelsea are rooted in the club’s failure to attract any of the several marquee signings targeted by manager David Moyes and executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward last summer.

A public pursuit of Cesc Fabregas ended in disappointment, despite initial encouragement from the Barcelona midfielder and his associates, while efforts to sign Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Leighton Baines also foundered during the final month of the summer transfer window.

United’s move for Mata, who has been marginalised by Mourinho at Chelsea this season to the extent that he has started just fourteen games for the club, comes in the wake of the club’s 3-1 defeat at Stamford Bridge on Sunday which left the faltering champions languishing in seventh place in the Premier League.

Despite previously insisting that United did not require another ‘number ten’ due to the presence of Wayne Rooney, Shinji Kagawa and Adnan Januzaj in his squad, Moyes has now sanctioned the move for Mata in a bid to kick-start his team’s season and inject a much-needed morale boost, on and off the pitch.

Should he pass his medical over the next 24 hours, Mata is likely to be handed his debut against Cardiff City at Old Trafford next Tuesday, with Moyes keen to add further new faces to his squad before next Friday’s transfer deadline.

Having identified the recruitment of a left-back and central midfielder as key priorities this window, United remain determined to pursue attainable targets.

But although the club have been offered the chance to sign former Arsenal midfielder Alex Song from Barcelona, senior figures have ruled out a move for the Cameroonian international.

Fredy Guarin, Inter Milan’s Colombian midfielder, has also been offered to United following the collapse of his proposed move to Juventus in a swap deal for Mirko Vucinic who is wanted by Arsenal on loan this month. However Juve are adamant they will only countenance a permanent £8million deal for the Montenegrin.

Inter are keen to offload Guarin, rated at £18million by the Italians, in order to raise funds for attacking reinforcements, with the San Siro outfit interested in United’s out of favour striker Javier Hernandez.

United, meanwhile, are set to sanction Cardiff's bid take Wilfried Zaha on a six-month loan to south Wales.

The £12m winger has been told told he can leave Old Trafford on a short-term basis after failing to secure regular football, but the England international will not be available to face United in next Tuesday's Premier League fixture between the two clubs.
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