Juan Mata

[Kieran. 6,317]

If only he had been part of a better era though, considering he wasn't exactly 'instrumental' in our now historic 2012 CL win. I wonder how greater his legacy can be if we get our act together, the club moves forward, we appoint the right manager and go on a trophy run. JT, Drogba & Lamps are fortunate in that sense..

He's forgiven for not being "instrumental" as you put it for us playing extremely defensively and y'know...assisting Drogba's equalizer.

[Term-X 7,891]

He's forgiven for not being "instrumental" as you put it for us playing extremely defensively and y'know...assisting Drogba's equalizer.

It was a corner, so the word 'assist' should be used loosely.

Yes, we were playing defensively, that was my point.

[Kieran. 6,317]

It was a corner, so the word 'assist' can only be used loosely as it's against the run of play.

Okay so he "loosely" assisted that Drogba equalizer. Does it really make a difference?

[Blu4Lyf 46]

Okay so he "loosely" assisted that Drogba equalizer. Does it really make a difference?

No, one could say it's harder to assist from a corner rather than open play.

[Sheva. 5,373]

Mata assists a lot of goals from corners, his delivery is sexy and on point most of the time.

[Blue Armour 4,164]

He has been called up to the Spain NT for their match next week against Uruguay.

Imagine if this'll be the time when del Bosque decides to give him a rare start...

[Mufassir08 2,400]

Mata is pure genius and i wont be surprised if the like's of real,barca,city or bayern come calling for him and he decide's to go there.A player of his quality deserves to be in a team which has stability and is fighting for silverware.

[Ollie 4,400]

I feel so sorry for Mata playing for our garbage side. He deserves a genuine top club, he could walk into Barcelona or Real Madrid's side, he's better than Modric, Fabregas, Xavi, Ozil, Khedira, Essien etc he is that good, one of the best in the world right now without doubt. The good thing is, he's worth at least £40 million. I know he loves our club and he's signed a long contract and is loving London and i'd love him to stay but he deserves better. I love this guy to bits.

I hope Roman sorts this team out and brings us to a level again for what this little magician deserves.

[bababoom 4,478]

Quality goal today, what a player.

[mediator 2,026]

Mata is pure genius and i wont be surprised if the like's of real,barca,city or bayern come calling for him and he decide's to go there.A player of his quality deserves to be in a team which has stability and is fighting for silverware.

Right, i can see it as Ozil replacement @ Madrid

[Jase 43,479]

He's only got 3 years left in his contract...

[Leif 6,006]

If anyone here like me watched Mata at Valencia for a long time I'm sure they could agree that, despite turning 25 in just a few months, we've only seen half of what he can do. He is so special. He simply hasn't had the players to compliment him yet or the manager to use him correctly. He is not supposed to dictate play like managers keep making him try and do. He doesn't want to drop deep. He likes a deep lying playmaker to hit a pin-point pass to him so that then he can hit a magical flick over the defence and have our striker run onto it. He's a proper attacking midfielder; not playmaker. In that respect he actually reminds me of how Gourcuff was used incorrectly for a lot of his career at Milan & Lyon. Hopefully someone like Laurent Blanc comes in. He'll turn Mata into truly the best attacking midfielder currently playing (if we pretend Iniesta/Ozil don't exist lol), I'm sure of it. I'm aware that's a bold statement, but I'm very confident.

[Sheva. 5,373]

I will cry if he leaves.

[Mufassir08 2,400]

Right, i can see it as Ozil replacement @ Madrid

I dont see ozil leaving real anytime soon..........

[Mufassir08 2,400]

I will cry if he leaves.

Me too

[Superblue 6,331]

He's been critical of the Spanish League since being here saying it's not competitive enough and has stated so many times how much he loves Chelsea and London.

And despite our struggles, he has still won the FA Cup and Champions League in his first 18 months here. I'm pretty sure he won't be going anywhere else soon.

[Jusek 2,031]

He will never leave us, he seems pretty loyal dude. The next Chelsea legend!

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

He won't move just a season after winning the double. We'd have to have another 2 crap seasons before Mata considers leaving.