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Juan Mata | 2013/14 Performances
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Exactly.
Credit where it is due, Moyes and Woody have pulled off a bit of a coup here. Fantastic signing although doesn't fix the underlying issues in the squad, but gives us a top quality attacking option and helps us switch towards a better style of play.
It's also obvious a big boost for the fans and I expect may also be a lift for the team. What we now need to do (either now or in the summer) is acquire a top quality CM and LB, and suddenly we look like contenders again.
It's also obvious a big boost for the fans and I expect may also be a lift for the team. What we now need to do (either now or in the summer) is acquire a top quality CM and LB, and suddenly we look like contenders again.
No, that's great thanks. I did presume that is because regardless who we bought most investors would see 37m expenditure as a 'bad' thing.
Considering he already told Mourinho he wants to leave, personal terms are done with. The whole agree with the club -> talk with the player thing is bullshit anyways. We'd have contacted his team 1st and thus terms would have broadly been agreed on even though a concrete figure might be thrashed out now.
I'm happy with the transfer as I'm a Mata fan. However, I think that we won't be able to accommodate all of RvP, Rooney and Mata in the games against the better teams in the league. It's easy to see why. Mata would struggle to perform the required defensive duties should he play as a winger.
I don't think we'll struggle if we play a 4-2-3-1 with two midfielders holding. In fact I think it's the only way we can accommodate RVP, Rooney & Mata effectively.
------ carrick--- fletcher------
---mata---Rooney--adnan/kagawa
---------------RVP-------------
I suppose in "big" games we could always shunt Rooney out wide for periods. I still think all this Mata isn't a responsible defender is nonsense. Look at Ashley Young and Valencia. Both have been absolutely dire defensively this season. Mata has the intelligence to press high up the pitch and his attacking abilities will make fullbacks think twice about bombing forwards.
Really happy with this.
Can't wait for Tuesday
Can't wait for Tuesday
I know I'm a bit late on this one but........get the bleedin' feck in!!!
Dying to see him in a red shirt.
Premiership....Now is the winter of (y)our discontent!!! (devil)
Dying to see him in a red shirt.
Premiership....Now is the winter of (y)our discontent!!! (devil)
I'm sure Mata can work very hard too, Hazard (before this season) has never been like he has this season. His efforts off the ball have been impressive, Mata could do the same with the same motivation and tactics from Moyes.
Sorry if already posted before:
Mata on Giggs 3 years ago.
I love him already!
Perhaps if Giggs is such an idol of his, give him the no.11 shirt at the end of the season, he can have Anderson's for now.
I'm still a bit worried about the contract. What if Mata asks to be the starting number 10? I don't know the exact story behind him not playing a lot for Chelsea.
That's whats great about Mata. A top professional and will play wherever you put him. Even mourinho had nothing but kind words to say about him despite benching him for most of the season. Never complained or leaked any dissatisfaction to the press. Im sure he will play where Moyes tells him to and make the best of it.
Aye, I don't thing he has any problems with where to play, just wants to play more.
He doesn't strike me at all as a guy starting at a new club having demands like this. He knows he's going to get truckloads more gametime than he would've had at Chelsea and I think that's the only thing that matters.
I think he's going to be hungry to do well as feck.
He wouldn't be able to get it until the summer regardless, once a number is allocated to a player it stays with them until the end of the season. The only way he'd get the number 10 is if Rooney where to leave before United registered the signing of Mata. With Anderson out on loan his number has become free so he could take that which is what I expect him to wear.
For anyone that hasn't seen his interview about his life in Londen (posted by Lowkey I think) in the Mata transfer thread, go see it, it's a great watch. It makes you want to hug*the man. Mata looks like such a genuinely nice guy, no wonder most chavs can't be mad at him.
great editing potential, mods!
great editing potential, mods!
You don't need to agree a deal with the club to get permission to talk to the player.
It became clear that we were both on the same page in terms of transfer fee so Chelsea let Mata talk to us to agree personal terms while the deal is finalized.
I used to hate the fact that Chelsea had a player I not only didn't hate, but really liked. Thank you Jose for fixing my problem!
Oddly enough, my Chelsea supporting mate doesn't rate Mata at all, often used to complain about him. Daft fecker.Free bonus...
SSN reporting that the medical will be today.
Does anyone know if he is a certain starter for Spain or not?
Saturday has become Mataday! Wooooooo.
They're really just making it up now. They reported the medical would be on Thursday then on Friday now it's today.
Ferdinand sometimes comes across as a half-wit but damn, I love his muppetry. It's absolute first class.
Well they said earlier it could be today or tomorrow, but now they've put it as "breaking news".
Starter? No, at least not yet. They have 4 who are certain starters in Busquets, Xavi, Alonso and Iniesta. Up front it is usually Torres, Villa or Fabregas while the right side is contested between Navas, Pedro, Silva and Mata.
Usually Mata has not been a regular for them. But he was also quite young in the previous tournaments so with the current regulars getting old, he should get more chances.
Look at him! Don't you just want to hug him?I used to hate the fact that Chelsea had a player I not only didn't hate, but really liked. Thank you Jose for fixing my problem!
Free bonus...
Nah no time for foreplay. Gotta make the most of it before the stewards catch you.
When are usually players oficcially unveiled at United? Mostly in the weekends I presume? Does this even happen in England?
I wish he was on MUTV after he retires rather than BT. He is funny.
Not the way you do it at Real, no. There'll be a few snaps with him and Moyes holding a shirt with Mata's name on it (and possibly number) and that's about it.
Aye there will be no feck off stage in the middle of the Old Trafford pitch just to unveil a player. Makes me cringe that does.
Why, it's just another reason to party and get shitfaced while cheering for the new player, I honestly love it, really dont see anything wrong with it.
Without any fans?
But all that to unveil a player? Its a bit too much for me.
Yeah, no fans.
If the deal is done today, he must be available for Tuesday.
I'd play him behind Welbeck or Hernandez against Cardiff and fit Januzaj, Valencia, Young or Kagawa around that.
Hopefully we can get RVP, Rooney, Carrick, Nani and Fellaini(yes him too) back ASAP.
I'd play him behind Welbeck or Hernandez against Cardiff and fit Januzaj, Valencia, Young or Kagawa around that.
Hopefully we can get RVP, Rooney, Carrick, Nani and Fellaini(yes him too) back ASAP.
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