Mata was quoted saying he feels comfortable playing in midfield 3. Has played there for Spain and maybe Valencia too.
Juan Mata | 2013/14 Performances
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I'd be devastated if we sell Juan Mata, absolutely devastated.
Don't worry, there's no chance.
Excluding the football side of things, it would look terrible for Woodward to sell our record signing after just six months, during which Mata has done pretty well.
It's just a nothing article.
Bullshit story, theres no way we'll sell Mata.
Its from the Sunday/Daily Express. They have come up with lots of rubbish this window.
I agree, but you never know mate and I remember Chelsea fans saying the exact same this time last year.
It just doesn't make sense, why sell a player for £40m after paying £38m for him a few month ago? The journos aren't even trying anymore.
tbh, I'd rather sell Rooney than Mata.
I know everyone think this is bullshit but there those stories of LvG coming into Bayern and telling new signings they not his signings and he doesn't want them - this could be the same.
Also, the first articles of LvG becoming our new manager surfaced many months ago. In addition, he said quite a while ago he wants his next job to be England. I think this gives an indication that he has been watching the premiership (and probably us specifically) in quite detail thus allowing him to already start assessing our squad.
Although I doubt he will sell Mata, I don't think we can just assume he won't.
Also, the first articles of LvG becoming our new manager surfaced many months ago. In addition, he said quite a while ago he wants his next job to be England. I think this gives an indication that he has been watching the premiership (and probably us specifically) in quite detail thus allowing him to already start assessing our squad.
Although I doubt he will sell Mata, I don't think we can just assume he won't.
Mata was a Moyes signing, maybe Van Gaal doesn't think he'll fit into his team. I'd say he's proven enough to make the big calls for the good of the team. So "if" a player who isn't wanted anymore I'd see no reason why the club wouldn't sell him for a profit.
We could sell Mata if he indeed doesn't fall under LVG's plans. But for that to happen we will need to acquire all the players that LVG has asked us to. Now our transfer efficiency pretty much rules that out so Mata will stay.
This is all hypothetical, really poor analysed journalism. There is no way van Gaal would sell a player of Mata's mental and technical abilities without even working with him. Besides, there is no way we'd sell De Gea's best mate.
Load of bs this story. At least there is no way it is happening this season. Buy for 37 in January and sell for 40 in summer after paying him few millions in wages? No chance.
At the risk of appearing to be picking on you, which I don't intend, you'd rather we didn't sign two world class CBs, two world class MF players & a left back & a world class winger and kept Mata?
Selling for 3m more after spending millions in salary is not a profit. I am amazed people believe any random news coming out of transfer gossip in summer.
We paid him that salary to play football for us. Which he did. So it should be ignored. Doubt he'd leave but I'm not convinced by him so I wouldn't be too upset if Van Gaal didn't fancy him and we could make our money back.
Nothing strange about that. Rooney is not the greatest of players as it is and he will be 29 shortly after the start of the new season. Even Scholes has said he thinks Rooney has peaked 3 years ago and can see him being the sort of footballer that would retire around 31-32. He is sluggish now as it is.
Mata is young, likeable, a great footballer and should be the future for us.
Would be a shocking decision if we sold a totally fit, never injured world class 26 year old to adjust two injury prone 29/30 year old strikers.
No chance we are going to sell him
This. RVP is a better #9 and Mata a better #10 so Rooney is the one to lose out for me.
They can feck right off.
Would be a very stupid decision to sell him. He's shown what he can do in the #10 role and he's yet to reach his peak. In fact, we should be building a team around Mata imo.
Rather Rooney leaves.
Rather Rooney leaves.
They better be offering service exchanges for all the Mata shirts sold in January!
I don't see it, but the transfer windows and United are becoming very odd so I wouldn't rule it out.
I don't see it, but the transfer windows and United are becoming very odd so I wouldn't rule it out.
Never say never.
We didn't even start signing players after so many legends retiring and this shite comes on ?
That would be madness... absolute apogee of incompetency, disconnection from reality and another argument for football experts to bury Wooden Ed even deeper in a football cemetery.
Trust no one, especially in May. There's no substance in the media. Only one informational chaos.
That would be madness... absolute apogee of incompetency, disconnection from reality and another argument for football experts to bury Wooden Ed even deeper in a football cemetery.
Trust no one, especially in May. There's no substance in the media. Only one informational chaos.
I absolutely love Mata. He's probably the highest quality player that we now have. The only thing I'm not sure about is if we can fit him in to a system to work with our current players. For him to work here things have to drastically change.
Having said that, he'd be class at Barca. I think they'll be in for him.
Having said that, he'd be class at Barca. I think they'll be in for him.
It would be absolute madness to sell mata, considering we are not getting any of our supposed targets. Would seriously increase the problems for Van Gaal.
I don't think the reports are bullshit. There is no smoke without fire. Last summer when the swap for Rooney and mata+ luiz came out, everyone ridiculed it. Having seen what happened for mata and luiz, that might well have been the case.
Selling Mata would look really bad for the club, Woodward and Van Gaal.
I don't think the reports are bullshit. There is no smoke without fire. Last summer when the swap for Rooney and mata+ luiz came out, everyone ridiculed it. Having seen what happened for mata and luiz, that might well have been the case.
Selling Mata would look really bad for the club, Woodward and Van Gaal.
Agreed but I don't think any of then will leave.
Just seen this express articles. Please reassure me that it's 100% fabricated bullshit based in nothing?
I've highlighted all you need to know.
Nothing should surprise you anymore. LVG has his strict ideas about football so it'll be the highway for thise that don't fit in.
My opinion and I think the opinion of the vast majority, is that it's exactly that.
Don't worry. He is probably as much on Barca's list as Schweinsteiger, Robben (and the way the rumours are going probably Messi also) are on our list: Just an informal inquiry.
We are currently not even close to getting top players in and I doubt we will get 5 or 6 players in as some seem to think. No way would we then just sell our record signing.
Mata has also said he wants to stay in England. And he would think 5 times before joining Barca and fighting with their top players for a position or risking being played out of position all the time. They even played Villa on the wing ffs!
Surely Juan Mata would fit in? Especially given how well he performed since coming to us in January?
Btw he has been included for Spain's friendly against Bolivia. Del Bosque has still not provided the final list as he will wait next week for the fitness of Atletico and RM players.
Selling Mata would take us backwards not forwards. You can see how much of a real quality player he is, why go and sell him? If he's good enough for Barcelona to replace Xavi he's more than good enough for a very mediocre Man United side. If we sell Mata we might as well just give up on majorly improving the squad.
The only way i would sell Mata, is if Fabregas and Pedro/Sanchez or cash came the other way.
The fans love him and the board, Van Gaal and Woody know that. Not a hope we'll sell him.
Nah. The express are ruffling a few feathers here. Its a non-article as far as I'm concerned.
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