In recent weeks, there has been all sort of speculation regarding the bearded Spaniard who has won two Chelsea Player of The Year awards in a row. Rumours ranging from swap deals to clubs lining up to buy him. Now you must be thinking I’m mad or I live in some cave, because after all you must be thinking which top club let’s go of their best player so easily? No, I’m not yet and at the same time I’m not saying Chelsea will let him go. The reason I’m still rambling on is because of the fans. The fans who are ready to see him go. I want to give everyone a quick reminder of who Juan Mata truly is. We’ve all heard of wizards. They wave their wands and shout incantations like “Stupefy”. Yet Juan Mata is a wizard who uses his foot. “He is classy, skillful, technical, a creative midfielder with a great eye.” is how ESPN sum him up. Yet if you have witnessed him week in and week out for 2 years, he is more. He is a hard working individual whose only aim is to win the game for his team. He is selfless and down to earth despite being such a brilliant player. A former student of journalism at the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid who enjoys playing table-tennis in his spare time, Juan Mata has been Chelsea’s standout player and in the 11/12 season was arguably our only creative spark. But things have changed since then, Chelsea have an abundance of talented, young creative players yet despite that Juan Mata is still Chelsea’s standout player. He created more chances than anybody did for Chelsea last season in the Premier League (95), the only person who is even anywhere close to him is Eden Hazard (65). Born in Burgos, he scored a staggering 20 goals for Chelsea last season and was the Blues’ 2nd highest goal scorer in the League with 13 goals. A playmaker who provides so many goals and is capable of scoring incredible free kicks, oh how brilliant is Juan. Not only does he score goals, but it’s the type of goals he scores, look at the goals he scored in the PL: A fluent English speaker on his arrival at London, Juan Mata is currently studying for a degree in marketing and advertising. Mata is Chelsea’s best passer and every time he picks up the ball he is capable of finding a player. Just look at his pass which set up Ba’s wonderful goal vs United, the way he drifted the ball over the defenders, few players can do that and he definitely is the best at doing that at Chelsea. He has a near perfect touch and is an extremely reliable and consistent player and has a knack of performing and delivering on the big occasions. To conclude, all I can say is letting go of Mata would be a terrible decision and even worse if he was part of a swap deal for Rooney. We’d be giving Manchester United a man who could easily guide them to the title. José Mourinho wouldn’t let go of such a player. Never.
