Sorry if there's already a thread on this, but if Mata did wanted to leave for first team football why did he go to man utd?? I mean why would we sell him to utd there must be other clubs from different leagues wanting him and please don't tell me its Jose's plan as man utd can help us beat arsenal and man city, that's just stupid because we still have to face man utd next season and Jose's not stupid.

yuo see jose has a soft spot of man utd he said if theres any club he would want to go to its united , hench the reason why he literally gave us mata.

So the plan was to go back to chelsea, sell mata to united, and then a year later get the united job ? Clever thinking jose

mourinho's explanation on mata situation:

Much has been written about the club agreeing to sell Mata to a domestic rival, but the Blues boss believes it was important to take the player's feelings into consideration.

'If a similar situation happened where, instead of Man United it was Arsenal, City, Tottenham or Liverpool we would do the same,' he explained. 'If the offer was the same, and Juan decided to go, it would be the same.

'Man United are obviously a big club, and when a player is not happy at the moment at Chelsea, but he loves to be in the Premier League, he's thinking about the World Cup and playing regularly.

'He saw the stability the team has at the moment with Willian, Oscar and Hazard and he thought about leaving. He was trying to find the best option for him and he decided to go to United, which is understandable.'

full article available on chelsea official website

@kambingku thanks for the explanation. I'm really sad that Mata's going to our rivals...

Ever since I saw his post match reaction in the Champions League with Real Madrid vs MU, he seemed very compassionate about Manchester club

@kinghenry lol, thats what i was thinking
@Joe orrr he felt unjustice?? but then again the past is the past