In the big games yeah i'd agree with that, but if Barca are willing to pay 30mill+ for him then we have to consider it for sure.
i dont want luiz to depart he and matic have been our best defensive mid pairing this season according to me
So we would be petty just because they didn't sell us one of their players? You also have to take into count Rooney is Man Utd's best player by a mile, by the time we sold Mata he was 5th choice attacking midfielder.
But you seem to keep forgetting it isn't about THIS season its about after this season. He has been given 3 transfers windows to mold the side he wants and the striker situation will be sorted this summer. And that striker from Russia has nearly scored 10 goals this season 3 of which coming against Utd!
Everyone thought Willian was a luxury buy and someone we got just so Spurs couldn't (although he has been a club target for over a year now) but how wrong has that proved to be? I said a long time ago that as quality as Mata is he himself is a luxury player. You can't say we didn't need Willian when not months down the line he is one of the first names on the team sheet.
You also seem to looking at this Mata transfer the totally wrong way, we have/will strengthen in areas we need to instead of having him. We are and will be a better squad without him 100%.
Atletico only wanted Mata on loan, 37million for a player who was 5th choice attacking mid and never going to fit into this system HAS to be taken. No club in world football would have turned down that offer.
On Malouda its a totally different situation, he signed a long term contract and kept refusing to leave the club. Clubs came in for him, bids were accepted (one from Santos) and he rejected to take a pay drop.
But we couldn't no club in the world would have paid the money Utd did, it was a personal decision of Mata and also one which suited the club financially too. So just because its a divisional rival we should just say "**** what this human being wants who cares about his feelings". We all know how much he loves this country if you read his blogs etc etc, he wanted to stay.
i dont want luiz to depart he and matic have been our best defensive mid pairing this season according to me
1. Ability-wise they are the same though ... Of course Rooney is far more important to his team than Mata was to us but I still don't see why we should sell a genuinely world-class player to a direct rival if we can avoid it which we could
2. Just because this is a transitional season doesn't mean the way we spent so much time going after a player we could never hope to get is any less excusable. 10 goals from a striker who is considered first-choice for a EPL challenging team is a rather meager return
3. Again I have no problem that we sold Mata. I just don't see why we had to sell him to United
4. I would gladly take a few million less and shop him out overseas. As I said, there are always takers for someone like Mata. Loan him to Atletico for 6 months where he will likely do well. Shop him out to foreign teams in the summer and spend the rest of the season watching United self-destruct by mucking up another transfer window
5. And strangely we did the exact '**** you, who cares about your feelings' to Malouda
The fact that a central defender is one of our best options in the pivot speaks volumes about the quality of our central midfield. An area that surely can't be ignored in the summer as well
That's healthy thinking.THANK **** Torres got injured.
Very productive evening for Chelsea strikers today. Eto'o scored a goal and won a penalty, Ba scored a brace, but it was Torres that made it all possible by getting himself injured while warming up.
Gifted three goals by absolute shocking defending and a dive for the pen.
4-0 is flattering but I can't complain, makes top four that bit easier to keep.
Think Top 4 is more or less secured unless something really catastrophic happens. You would expect City to cement their place soon as well considering the quality of their squad. Arsenals challenge will be an interesting one when you consider the run of games ahead of them
Fight for the title is between Chelsea and City for me, I expect Chelsea to win it. Arsenal are in for a tough run of games, if we can get a bit of a gap on them we could hold out for third, don't see us getting close enough to City or Chelsea unless we get some results going massively in our favor.