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Transfer Rumour Juan Mata

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AaronTheBlue said:
  • Exclusive: Man United boss Mourinho will flog £20m Mata again to make space for Pogba
    JUAN MATA is set to be dumped by Jose Mourinho for a second time as Manchester United look to make room for the £100million arrival of Juventus ace Paul Pogba.
    By NEIL FISSLER
    PUBLISHED: 22:30, Sat, Jul 9, 2016 | UPDATED: 22:30, Sat, Jul 9, 2016
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    Juan Mata was sold by Jose Mourinho when the pair were at Chelsea
    It was Mourinho who sold the Spanish international to United for a then record £37.1m because he wanted him to play wider and didn’t work hard enough defensively.

    Mata, 28, has scored 26 times in 104 appearances for United but the writing looked to be on the wall for the end of his stay as soon as Mourinho was appointed.

    And even though he wants to remain at Old Trafford and fight for his first-team place, Mourinho has already made up his mind and is ready to sell him again.

    Mata, who spent most of last season playing on the right, is one of the most popular figures in the United dressing room.

    Man United new boys Bailly and Mkhitaryan mobbed by fans outside hotel
    Fri, July 8, 2016
    New Manchester United signings Eric Bailly and Henrikh Mkhitaryan were met by some enthusiastic fans as they returned to their hotel on Thursday evening after a training session at Carrington
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    Manchester United new signings Eric Bailly and Henrikh Mkhitaryan were met by some enthusiastic fans on Thursday evening as they returned to their hotel after a pre-season training session







    United have signed his replacement in Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who was brilliant on the right-wing for German side Borussia Dortmund last season.

    Mata will, however, have plenty of clubs from the Premier League and abroad ready to chase his signature.

    Everton boss Ronald Koeman, who has already confirmed that he is interested in signing Mata, would be asked to pay a fee of around £20m.

    Stoke are also believed to be keeping tabs on developments while Turkish giants Fenerbahce have had it clear that they are interested.

    They took both Robin van Persie and Nani from United last season and would be able to offer Mata Champions League football.

    Meanwhile, United’s interest in Pogba is genuine but attempts to sign him have barely begun,Press Association Sport understands.



    Speculation linking Pogba with a world-record £100million return to United has increased since Mourinho indicated the club were ready to focus full attention on a fourth and final summer transfer target.

    That has been widely assumed to mean France and Juventus midfielder Pogba, and reports have now emerged claiming United have reached agreement with the player’s agent over pay. They go on to suggest this now puts United in a position to lodge an official bid with Juve.

    But, while it is understood United are interested in the 23-year-old, who left Old Trafford on a free transfer four years ago, the prospect of any deal is some way off.

    It is not thought any discussions have taken place with Juventus - and the Italian club are reportedly reluctant to sell. He is contracted until 2019 and could be offered a new deal in Turin. Real Madrid have also been linked with the Frenchman.



    United have already signed three players since Mourinho was appointed in May - former Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Armenia playmaker Mkhitaryan and Ivory Coast defender Eric Bailly.
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Mobbed by fans lol lol lol one fat fella with a goatee and a smart phone.
 

Viennablue said:
I am not panicking just yet (as some seem to be) but at the same time I am a little disappointed. It's approaching mid-July and we've signed a reserve goalie for a nominal fee. It's just another average Everton summer.

Don't get me wrong I know there are reasons for the lack of action so far:
1) getting Koeman in took a while due to complications with Southampton
2) possible delay in getting transfer action started due to wanting a director of football (which it appears we're now not going to get)
3) all decent players are/were at the euros/copa America and are now on holiday
4) Koeman possibly wanted to start pre-season and see what he had before bidding for new players (although in my opinion you don't need to watch Kone train to know he's no good)
5) possibly the key reason for the delay-we don't know if stones and lukaku are leaving which wcould alter our transfer plans in a huge way.

However, certain issues are starting to worries me now. Why re-sign Gibson? Yeah, I know he's decent when fit but any of the current top 6 teams would've released him without thinking. You could say he is good back up, but the point of being a good back up player is that you are ready to come in when needed. Gibson isn't a good back because he's injured 50% of the time. Sod's law, when we need him he'll be unavailable.

I'm also a little worried about our supposed new wealth. Moshiri seems to be worth anything from 1.2-1.8 billion depending on who you ask. Ok, that's more than I'll ever have but in football terms it's not really that much. Especially in this brave new world where Watford are able to reject a £25 million bid for Troy Deeney. If your saying moshiri has 1.8 billion. That's "only" £1800 million. Equating to 56 Troy Deeneys (and that's without wages). Be surprised if he's going to blow his net worth 2-3 years of backing Everton in the transfer market.

In short I can totally understand people's frustrations. Evertonians have had false dawns before and are rightly pessimistic. With Moshiri for me it's a case of "show me the money" and when I see it I'll believe it.

p.s. mata and Witsel are goo players/better than what we have. However I'm. It too bothered if we miss out on them.
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Agree with the 1st part.
 

Zatara said:
Do you think depay and fosu-mensah will play under mourinho? Top players.
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I think Mensah will get his chance under Mourinho since he is versatile can play left, right, centre back and defensive mid equally good. A lot of us think he is a midfielder. But if a player like Darmian fails to perform and Mourinho doesn't fancy Valencia since he is not a specialist right back, I can see Mensah will get his chance as a right back this season. With Carrick is getting too old I can also see why people think he will replace Carrick in 2 or 3 years. The boy has talent. Not too mention Bailly will be away in January-February due to African cup and Jones is an injury prone while Blind isn't Jose's type of centre back which means another chance for Mensah to play as a centre back.

Memphis Depay was awful last season, but he is still young and experience player like Mata didn't support him much IMO, so he deserves a second chance especially now we have Ibra and Mkhitaryan. I don't think he will get as much as Martial will get though. But obviously if this season doesn't work for Memphis again, I can see Mourinho ship him out.
 
United9 said:
I think Mensah will get his chance under Mourinho since he is versatile can play left, right, centre back and defensive mid equally good. A lot of us think he is a midfielder. But if a player like Darmian fails to perform and Mourinho doesn't fancy Valencia since he is not a specialist right back, I can see Mensah will get his chance as a right back this season. With Carrick is getting too old I can also see why people think he will replace Carrick in 2 or 3 years. The boy has talent. Not too mention Bailly will be away in January-February due to African cup and Jones is an injury prone while Blind isn't Jose's type of centre back which means another chance for Mensah to play as a centre back.

Memphis Depay was awful last season, but he is still young and experience player like Mata didn't support him much IMO, so he deserves a second chance especially now we have Ibra and Mkhitaryan. I don't think he will get as much as Martial will get though. But obviously if this season doesn't work for Memphis again, I can see Mourinho ship him out.
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ManU fans must feel extra excited after recent transfer activity, eh ? X
 
Lots of talk about Mata going to Juventus whilst Pogba goes the other way this morning.
 

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