Juan Mata

[Strike 6,961]

I get that he was fourth choice but why now and why Man Utd when it doesn't look like Chelsea will invest that money until the summer?

[petr.breu 1,618]

If this really happens, I'm pretty sure, that Rooney will be Chelsea player by the summer, maybe even now in winter... There must be some agreement, it wouldn't make sense without it... Mourinho loves Rooney for a long time...

[CHOULO19 24,332]

I feel sick. Worse than the Robben sale.

Worse? Since when was the Robben sale bad? We got 35m IIRC for a glass player. He has never showed any sort of consistency; not here, not at Bayern and certainly not at Madrid.

[Rekin 835]

Dear god, this thread really shows the mental state (and age I assume) of a lot of people here.

"Dear Mr Champions League, League and various cups-winner,

We, the true fans of Chelsea, think that it would be a mistake to sell Mata.
You see, he has more key passes than Oscar this season, something we are sure you and your army of people working with you have failed to notice. Since this stat is everything, selling him would be wrong, and we do not care that we are currently on a seven-game unbeaten run in which Mata has played a relatively small part in.
After all, you have to win titles for this club on our terms, nothing else is acceptable.
The fact that you can reinvest £40m and make our squad one of the best in the world does not matter either, for Mata has more Key passes than Oscar. He was also a suberb player the last two seasons in which we were not even close to the title (which we are now), but that too is irrelevant because INDIVIDUAL STATS.

Kind regards,
Pro-Mata"


Seriously, wanting to sell him does not mean we hate his guts or think he sucks, it just means that we trust a club-legend who happens to be one of the most succesfull managers in the world. Getting £40m by selling a player who adds very little to the team that we use today (except being an option when resting another player) is hardly being ignorant or something similar. We all want Chelsea to move forward, and surely rebuilding the squad under the stability of the same manager is the way to go?
Oscar is inferior when it comes to creativity, but just saying that he "tackles well" is just as silly as calling Mata bad. He is not playing very well now, but so did Hazard under periods of time last season, they are both young and keep developing so it is to be expected.

The only drawback of this is selling to Utd, but if they are willing to spend £40m no, they will do exactly the same during the summer. Is it not better to know their star player very well? Know your enemy etc.
This way, we have the money to buy say Zouma and Shaw and have money left, or Costa and like 90% of Zouma. Utd have the means to greatly increase their squad either way, for all we know the difference in quality could be marginal if they buy another AM.

[The only place to be 11,313]

Worse? Since when was the Robben sale bad? We got 35m IIRC for a glass player. He has never showed any sort of consistency; not here, not at Bayern and certainly not at Madrid.

People forget just how injury-prone he was and how bad his form got.

[Jase 43,479]

Chelsea holding up Juan Mata's £37million Manchester United move as Blues look to secure Mohamed Salah signing first

[Gilvorak 3,734]

Worse? Since when was the Robben sale bad? We got 35m IIRC for a glass player. He has never showed any sort of consistency; not here, not at Bayern and certainly not at Madrid.

You're kidding right? Robben didn't show consistency at Bayern? The same player that only just helped Bayern win the fucking treble last season and was their best player in the CL.

Do you watch games outside the League? Robben is one of the best players in the World and only Ronaldo and Ribery are better wingers.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Chelsea holding up Juan Mata's £37million Manchester United move as Blues look to secure Mohamed Salah signing first

If we're looking towards the future then Salah is not a great signing at all considering we have the likes of Piazon and Bertrand Traore in the wings. Even Atsu. He is not significantly better than any of those. I'd be very annoyed with this signing.

[iceboy 992]

Go for striker Chelsea.

[Strike 6,961]

Worse? Since when was the Robben sale bad? We got 35m IIRC for a glass player. He has never showed any sort of consistency; not here, not at Bayern and certainly not at Madrid.

except consistently bottling important games

[Jase 43,479]

If we're looking towards the future then Salah is not a great signing at all considering we have the likes of Piazon and Bertrand Traore in the wings. Even Atsu. He is not significantly better than any if those. I'd be very annoyed with this signing.

For the sake of conspiracies and clutching at straws, would say that's just a plot to screw up both United and Liverpool in the end. We'll keep Mata. United won't get him and Liverpool will miss out on Salah.

[Gilvorak 3,734]

Robben at Bayern 141 app, 81 goals. No consistency tho.

LOL.

[Gilvorak 3,734]

except consistently bottling important games

Like scoring in the CL final? Or both games against Barca?

[francozola 2,040]

Just want this to be announced so we can move on as a club.

[Roquila 1,335]

Like scoring in the CL final? Or both games against Barca?

Like missing THE penalty that could have won them the CL.

[Term-X 7,891]

Salah really? Is he that much better than the 20312932 "wonderkids" we have on loan that Mourinho said he wants to develop only a couple of weeks ago or KDB who never got a chance? This guy is the ultimate bullshitter lol.

The state of some of our fans.

If we win fuck all this season we're going to end up looking like complete mugs yet again.

There is no 'our', the club have given full backing to the new Sir Alex Ferguson of the Premier League, Mourinho IS Chelsea now. You're not a Chelsea fan, you value the pawns more than the chess master.

[Strike 6,961]

Like scoring in the CL final? Or both games against Barca?

No. Like most other important games before that including Munich 2012

[The Skipper 20,593]

Like scoring in the CL final? Or both games against Barca?

Tbf, before that Robben was known as a big game bottler, and this is coming from someone who really admires Robben and has avidly followed his whole career.

I was delighted with him last year because he finally stepped up in those huge games. He deserved it, I didn't want him to go down as a great player that just bottles it in big games.

I don't know if you remember him spurning the best chances of the game in the WC Final...