Does Mata not want to go to Man United ?

Think he'd love to come to us. Not convinced at all that we are willing to pay £37m for him. Seems madness for him given he is out of favour and could easily go for nigh on half that if the player stamped his feet in.

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Mata needs a move in January if not his place in the spain world cup squad is in severe doubt. He could end up at Utd though it does seem an odd fit. Moyes refuses to give Kagawa a proper chance despite Rooney and RVP being absent and Mata is a very similar player to Kagawa (if maybe a bit better). Moyes also turned down the chance of signing another similar player in Ozil at the start of the season.
I'd expect a move at the end of the month and if Utd are the only ones who match the asking price it will be there but it could easily be elsewhere if someone else comes in for him

Utd were offered Ozil but turned it down. Ozil may have still chosen Arsenal but he did not have the choice. Still think Utd is not a good option for Mata but just depends on whether other clubs match the asking price as it is a better option for him than staying at Chelsea.

jermaine defonebox 22 Jan 14 10:16 
Ozil did turn down utd as did bale and at least 3 others in last window .



Surely not, after all Moyes did tell us this:

"The amount of big players wanting to join United is incredible. Maybe players want to go for the money to other clubs but, if you ask them where they really want to be, they want to wear the badge of Manchester United"

Course they do David!!

i think he would go anywhere to get games. 2's on to leave on here.

If Maureen does let him go then it's guaranteed that Oscar/hazard will get probably from diving very shortly after that!!
Then his place would have been regained.

Chelsea are smoking PSG out for a bid

He has already won the Europa League?

  Although he turned Utd down for the managers job ,it is amazing how much control Mourinho has over Moyes and Utd ,he is now selling them Chelsea rejects for 40 million and he knows about the internal thinking at Utd.  Mata is a great player on the ball ,but he is all left peg and has to play in the 10 role,he gives you next to nothing when you dont have the ball.

I dont think Mourinho will be the loser if this transfer goes through ,somehow.

Fair point Hunter but you could argue that a quality number 10 shouldn't have to do anything when his side don't have the ball. He's there to create things and win games, not track back to the edge of his own area. Mata proved in the last couple of seasons what a great player he is and United would be getting a great player.

The only problem is if RVP and Rooney go, who the hell is he going to create chances for? Welbeck?

If Mata asks to leave then does he not get a cut of the transfer fee?

nothing wrong with 40mil for ozil thats the the way transfers are.city paid 26mil for james milner 3years ago thats laughable

I agree stonecold, the price for Milner was also ridiculous

I Don't get all this anti  James Milner comment, he has played many hours for 2 managers that are certainly considered a couple of levels above English managers?

He has survived 3 seasons and is well thought of by team mates and how Villa would love him back.

Hunter , its one thing to knock the Moyes appointment , but to suggest that Mourinho 'turned down' United is ridiculous.

Poor man spends 5 years waiting for his dream job and they hand it to David Moyes

"Come off it. Jose is desperate to manage United"




Maybe he was, no one will ever know. However one thing is certain, he certainly won't be desperate to manage them now.

Moyes was getting the job long before Mourinho agreed to go to Chelsea. There was money for Moyes on here and rumours he was getting a long time before it was official.


José Mourinho is said to have broken down in tears at the news that David Moyes had been given the Manchester United job. The allegation is contained in a book by the respected Spanish journalist Diego Torres, who writes for El País.

In the book, Prepare to Lose: the Mourinho Era, Torres says the appointment "provoked an earthquake" and that Mourinho felt let down by Sir Alex Ferguson, who had recommended Moyes to the United board.

"Mourinho ... thought that Ferguson was, besides his ally, also his friend and godfather. He was convinced that they were tied by a relationship of genuine trust. He thought that his fabulous collection of titles constituted an 'endorsement' unreachable to any other contenders. When he knew that Ferguson had chosen Moyes, the Everton coach, he was struck by a terrible disbelief. Moyes hadn't won absolutely anything!"

Torres said that Mourinho was on the phone constantly to his sports agency Gestifute. "Mourinho wouldn't stop calling them. His 'interlocutors' had heard him sob loudly and they were spreading the word. The most feared man in the company was crushed."

Chelsea and Liverpool fans simply have no conception of how big a club United really are.

Having managed Real Madrid Jose knows any job other than United is a huge step down.

I agree Ian , can they afford to chuck 42 million for Mata and then NOT make the Champions League at the end of the season ? Would cost them close to £100 million all together for a failed season ? Loss of sponsorship , CL money , wages etc , it would all mount up.

Maybe thats Jose/Romans plan. Sell them Mata to strenghten United against Arsenal and City and if they fail to make the CL it would financially cripple them for the next few years :)