Nobody is saying that we shouldn't sell Mata, but why did we need to sell him to United? Yes we got more money than most would be willing to pay him but we don't need it. It would have been much better for us to sell him for less in the summer and take a small loss to screw United over. The only reason it would be sensible to sell him to those ******* if we reinvest that money now into a big player.
Not really, if we kept hold of him for another 6 months he doesn't play a lot, doesn't go to the world cup his value halves.
He's 25, it's not as if he's going to be getting any worse any time soonWe don't have to play Utd again this season
So far by selling him we've gotten Salah, who we could have bought anyway. Can't really judge if it'll make our squad better until the window is finished.by selling him for so much we can build our squad to make it better.
As funny as it's been watching United flounder this season, that's not going to become the norm. They have enormous amounts of money to spend and can still attract top talent. If they get the right 2/3 players, they're going to be right back up there again. Not to mention the huge moral boost we've just given them.Even with Mata at Utd we are in a much better position this season, next season and for the foreseeable future i am not worried.
The same 32 year old who just recently scored a hat-trick against Utd and has only 3 goals less than Rooney so far?
The reactions on here are hilarious. If you can't understand why Mata has been sold and Salah is coming in then you need help. The only problem here is that Juan is going to United.
Any other team and I would be happy but with Mata going to United, it's always going to leave a sour taste.
Does it matter? Unless we are planning to go for a ?40m+ striker in this window, we didn't need the money. We could have easily bough Salah to replace KDB, used Mata for the games where he was relevant and then sold him in the summer.
He's 25, it's not as if he's going to be getting any worse any time soon
Yeah, I bet that was your plan from the beginning. He's not having a go at Eto?o, but stating the fact that you went to United for Rooney only to be rebuffed over and over, yet you agree a deal with them for your POTS at the first time of asking. While Mata clearly doesn't fit into Jos?'s plans, strengthening a rival -if only a theoretical one- is not something you want to do, particularly in January.
Anyways I am not going to judge till the transfer window is over. But Subtle is completely spot on ... If we sold Mata to bring in Saleh and Zouma then that's some horrific transfer business. If we sell him and manage to get a world class central midfielder/striker by the end of the window, not quite sure whom mind, then it will make some sense at least
Anyways all sorts of rumours flying around now which is expected considering the influx of cash we have just received
The reactions on here are hilarious. If you can't understand why Mata has been sold and Salah is coming in then you need help. The only problem here is that Juan is going to United.
Any other team and I would be happy but with Mata going to United, it's always going to leave a sour taste.
Does it matter? Unless we are planning to go for a ?40m+ striker in this window, we didn't need the money.
But you do need the money. It doesn't matter if Roman has virtually unlimited resources, there's FPP checks in place now. If you end up with a loss it will eventually come back to bite you in the ***.
Chelsea are relatively comfortable in the FFP as it is anyway. I don't think the main point is being hammered home here. The money made from the two deals totals up to almost ?60 million, added to whatever was planned for the summer. A new striker, plus a couple more additions, from this January is fantastic in the long-term.
Essien to Milan apparently.
We have to sell to buy its as simple as that. Mata would have played less and less if that's even possible.
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Why do you buy when all you can do is recall your 100s of players from loan
Recall who though? ... Marin sucks and Piazon is not ready. We probably didn't put a recall clause in Moses' loan or Jose simply doesn't rate him enough. Former looks more likely
Only loanee's I can think of who are ready to play a role next season are probably Lukaku and Courtois. It's a shame Kalas got injured because this season was really his chance to shine
So as a club you will always rely on loan deals to improve the player and won't put any effort to improve them by giving them few mins when they are youngsters?
I know all the clubs do that, they send players on the loan to lower league clubs when they are youngsters but Chelsea and to an extent City took it to whole new level.
And what benefit will giving Piazon 5 minutes off the bench provide? It's much better to have him go on loan to a club where he actively feels a part of things and gains minutes such as Vitesse who are fighting for the title. Not to mention that he has barely spent 6 months there so far although he has been incredibly impressive ... Still it's so much better for his development for him to stay there and help them win the title rather than come back and sit on the bench for 6 months
That's what I was saying. Instead of playing same team week in week out, it would be good for the club to play few youngsters from time to time. I think Carlo was the last manager to do that at Chelsea when he tried Josh.
I can understand Chelsea point of view too but it's surprising that after investing lot on academy Chelsea barely promoted anyone to the first team since Terry 15 years ago.