Friday, January 24, 2014

Adios Juan Mata


Adios Juan Mata

    
   He came, he saw, he conquered, he left. On the 24th January 2014, Jose Mourinho confirmed that 2 time Chelsea player of the year Juan Mata, will have a medical on the same day. Mr Mourinho had this to say ''the offer we've received we feel is the right offer for the quality of player.'' Jose also stated that Juan Mata was unhappy and that he did ask him if he wanted to go to which Mata replied ''I want to go.'' 
  It is a great shame we are losing such a fantastic player in Juan Mata to a great rival in Manchester United but sometimes, money speaks volumes. Selling a player who was on the bench the majority of the season for £37-£40 million is a sum too handsome to turn down. In theory, Chelsea are making a healthy profit of about £14-£17 million. As every Chelsea fan will understand, it is hard to lose such a fantastic player but Juan Manuel Mata Garcia made up his mind and wants to trade London for Manchester. He was unhappy towards the end.
 
   ''He was fantastic for Chelsea and Chelsea were fantastic for him.''

 The fact that we are selling United, one of our big rivals, a match winner who undoubtedly, has immense qualities, is horrifying. What makes this worse is that there is no Rooney coming the other way as of yet. United were reluctant to sell us Rooney yet we jump at the fact if there's a lot of cash involved, Mata is theirs.
   Juan Mata is not bigger than the club. If he doesn't want to knuckle down and earn his place, leave and we'll be better without you. 
 One potential player coming in is Mohamed Salah. The fee has been agreed with Basel for £11 million but still need to agree personal terms and needs to have a medical before he's officially a Chelsea player.  So that's two in and two out, with Kevin De Bryune already left club for Wolfsburg in Germany and Nemanja Matic brought in from Benfica. I have a feeling Essien will depart soon and perhaps one or two will come in. Rumous have it, we've been linked with these players recently;
Antoine Griezmann (Real Sociedad)
 
Hulk (Zenit Saint Petersburg)
 Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
 Luke Shaw (Southampton) 
 Julian Draxler (Schalke)
 Isco (Real Madrid)
 Kurt Zouma (ST Etienne)
 Ross Barkley (Everton)
Diego Costa (Atletico Madrid) 



Monday, January 13, 2014

Back at the Bridge?

Back at the Bridge?

   Recent sources have been confirmed and a new arrival is imminent at SW6. The man in question 6ft 4 Serbian central defensive midfielder Nemanja Matic. Those of you who have read my previous blogs understand what a crucial position I believe this is. Finally a midfield enforcer who can score goals as well as break up play. If truth be told, Daniele De Rossi was my first choice but having understood, he is out of the equation, I'm more than content with the 'lanky' Nemanja Matic. 
   Interesting fact is that Matic was previously a Chelsea player however, the men in charge of the football club didn't rate him as highly as one or two of us did from the crowd and he was sent packing with £22 million in a deal which saw David Luiz (a fans favorite) head to the Bridge.
   The reported fee is £20 million which seems to be reasonable, as Benfica have crashed out of the Champions League. I believe this will be an amazing signing, just in time for Manchester United and looking further ahead, the game at the Etihad, against Manchester City. Even the most optimistic of Chelsea fans, would be very pleased with a draw and a win is a huge bonus. City have been simply unstoppable at home and Nemanja Matic, along with the rest of his new Chelsea team mates (hopefully) can stop them!
   Reports have it to believe Matic will sign as early as tomorrow (Tuesday 14th January 2014) which can ease the pressure (not that we have had any) on Frank Lampard returning.
Time to stop the red of Manchester at the Bridge and then to look ahead to the 3rd February, on our breath-taking fixture with Manchester City!
   On a slightly different note, one player who looks set to leave is Kevin De Bruyne. Having found opportunities hard to come by at the Bridge after signing from Genk in 2012, he was immediately shipped back to his former club for a 6 month loan deal and then spent the whole season at Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga last term. Having signed for £6.7 million, approximately 2 years ago, he is leaving for Wolfsburg for around the figure of £18-£20 million. Good deal.
Fact file:
Name: Nemanja Matić
Age: 25
Place of birth: Yugoslavia 
Height: 1.94 m ( 6ft 412 in )


 Here is a goal by Nemanja Matic which was nominated for the FIFA Puskas award in 2013: