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

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Tomuś said:
Which means we need to find players for different positions we need to strengthen as well. Not that we don't need a creative, proven in big games international to link the midfield with the attack.
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Oh, obviously. I don't think anyone is saying we shouldn't sign Mata, are they? Just that he is going to solve our biggest problems, which is a fair enough point.

Mata would be a bit like the RVP signing, a brilliant player to hopefully help paper over some of the cracks.
 
For those losing their excitement and reason, what would you like us to do? Give up?
 
Tonight's result has pit a real downer on this for me.

It was shaping up to be a great 24 hours or so
 
Tomuś said:
For those losing their excitement and reason, what would you like us to do? Give up?
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Not at all but can one player turn around what we're watching at the minute. A signing like this at any other time would have me dancing on the ceiling but it's difficult to be excited when the manager looks incapable of getting performances from players.
 
We don't have a midfield but I hear modern football trends deny the need of one. I'm sure Mata will thrive under the great hoof ball masters of United. "Lads, just lump it to Mata on the left and stand perfectly still while he creates and scores himself from his chances!"
 
acnumber9 said:
Not at all but can one player turn around what we're watching at the minute. A signing like this at any other time would have me dancing on the ceiling but it's difficult to be excited when the manager looks incapable of getting performances from players.
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It's still better to give yourself a chance to see whether you improve or not than give in. And Mata gives us a chance. We obviously need more but he's a fecking great player. As most say 'I was excited but the game vs Sunderland ceased that' that's a bit overdramatising isn't it.
 
wonnie said:
Well the RvP deal has made me believe that if there are enough noises any deal is pretty much possible :/
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That was a different situation though as Arsenal aren't owned by a Sugar Daddy. So by that token, they couldn't really afford to pass up the amount we gave for RVP. I'm still shocked Abramovich will allow Mata to come to us.
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25849959

Manchester United have had a bid, believed to be in the region of £37m, accepted by Chelsea for Spanish midfielder Juan Mata.

The 25-year-old will have a medical on Thursday before completing a move to the Premier League champions.

Mata is expected to sign a four-and-a-half year deal at Old Trafford.

The Spain international, who has won 32 caps, said goodbye to team-mates and staff at Chelsea's Cobham training ground on Wednesday.

Mata at Chelsea
2011-12: 54 appearances, 12 goals, Champions League winner, FA Cup winner

2012-13: 64 appearances, 20 goals, Europa League winner

2013-14: 17 appearances, 1 goal

(Stats are for all competitions)

United continue to deny having made a bid for the playmaker, but it is understood they have made an offer through intermediaries working on the deal.

Manager David Moyes declined to answer questions on Juan Mata after his side's Capital One Cup semi-final defeat by Sunderland.

Members of the media were informed before the post-match news conference that Moyes would be answering questions on the game only and when asked afterwards about Mata, the Scot said simply: "We are not saying anything."

Should the deal go, through, it would break United's previous record transfer - the £30.75m they paid Spurs for Dimitar Berbatov in September 2008.

Mata has been linked with a move away from Stamford Bridge after struggling to hold down a regular starting place under Jose Mourinho.

On Tuesday, Chelsea insisted that Mata, who had been voted the club's player of the year two seasons in a row, was not for sale.

But the player, who was part of the Spain squad which won the World Cup in 2010 and European Championship in 2012, has been substituted in nine of his 13 Premier League appearances for the Blues this season, prompting speculation other clubs could bid for him in the January transfer window.



"United get a player who will add much-needed quality and creation to their out-of-sorts side.

"The intrigue surrounds where Moyes will play Mata if and when all his attacking resources such as Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie are fit again. The Spain attacker's best position is just behind the strikers, so how will Moyes adjust his team to fit him in with the gifted Adnan Januzaj also available?"

United have made no secret of their plans to rebuild their team under David Moyes and are prepared to pay a premium for top players if it means securing them now rather than waiting until the summer.

"A lot of the work we are doing now is in preparation for the summer," Moyes told United's matchday programme ahead of theirLeague Cup semi-final second-leg against Sunderland on Wednesday.

"If we can do any business now then we will certainly try to do it, but I will not compromise the standards required for a player that can come into this club and help improve it."

Chelsea boss Mourinho, 50, said last week that while he understood it was "hard" for Mata to sit on the bench, the Spaniard stillhad a "big role" to play at the club.

The Portuguese has trusted Eden Hazard, Oscar and summer signing Willian in attacking roles this season and while his relationship with Mata is healthy, he has conceded Chelsea's system does not suit the player.

"There are fantastic players, but sometimes the fantastic players are more fantastic to a certain system and less fantastic in a certain model of play," Mourinho told BBC Sport's Football Focus.

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paid £23.5m to sign Mata from Valencia in 2011. The former Real Madrid youth player had impressed during four seasons with the Spanish club and began life in England by scoring 13 goals in his debut season as Chelsea won the FA Cup and Champions League.

He followed it up with 20 goals in the 2012-13 season as Chelsea lifted the Europa League under Rafael Benitez but, since Mourinho returned for his second spell at the club, Mata has seen his playing time limited.

He was substituted 53 minutes into the Blues' 3-0 win at Southampton on New Year's Day, his last appearance, and was visibly frustrated when taking his place on the bench as Mourinho stood in his technical area.
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Help us, Obi Juan, you're our only hope.
 
Fantastic news if we get him.

Not the very most desperate position we need to fill - but that isn't saying much.

We need several top, top players. He is one. It's a positive start.
 
FreakyJim said:
We don't have a midfield but I hear modern football trends deny the need of one. I'm sure Mata will thrive under the great hoof ball masters of United. "Lads, just lump it to Mata on the left and stand perfectly still while he creates and scores himself from his chances!"
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Put ronaldo there and its a viable tactic.
 
This is weird. The best muppet thread ever, and yet it goes against the key things featured in all muppet threads to date. This went succesfully, and was concluded in under a week. *Touches fecking great big wooden wardrobe.
 
We've hoodwinked Mata and Januzaj into signing on with us. Rooney has the right idea, this football club is going nowhere but down with Moyes in charge. Very frightening times.

Even if we sign Mata, Vidal, Messi, and Ronaldo, Moyes will still get it wrong.

Mata is an extraordinary player, but it counts for nothing when a manager of extraordinary ineptitude is in charge.
 
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