Mata to Man Utd rumours doing the rounds again, Independent saying it will take over £40mill for Man Utd to have him.

Don't like the sounds of Mata playing behind Rooney/RVP...

I'm not sure what they need Mata for. Kagawa is already rotting away because Rooney occupies the same space. You could play him wide I suppose but not in the way United tend to use their wingers.

They gots januzaj too

They'd be better off spending big on gundogan

If Mata is going to United then Rooney is off.

Klaus wrote:

I'm not sure what they need Mata for. Kagawa is already rotting away because Rooney occupies the same space. You could play him wide I suppose but not in the way United tend to use their wingers.

I do wonder whether these leaks are coming from Chelsea who are alerting other clubs to his availability and what kind of money they are after. From Chelsea's point of view makes no sense to sell him in January, they are still in three competitions and he is still a very handy player for them.

IF they do sell to Man Utd it does make me wonder about Mourinho, wouldn't loan us Ba who after 22 games has made 2 starts and 6 sub appearances in the league but happy to sell them Mata? Does he not see them as threats or the conspiracy theory doing the rounds is he has no use for Mata and will sell him in the summer anyway but he can cash in now and mug Man Utd and thinks he might help them take points of us and City. Or maybe there will be some agreement that they sell Rooney to Chelsea in the summer. Too much bullshit going round, always happens during this bloody transfer window!

SSN saying talks between Man Utd and Chelsea are going well regarding Mata.

Mourinhos a sneaky one , he will probably loan them Mata having already played them twice, will also want to include in the negotiations some sort of deal for Rooney. Best case scenario for him , loan Mata to United so they can hurt other title rivals and also nail down a deal for Rooney.

JazzG wrote:

Or maybe there will be some agreement that they sell Rooney to Chelsea in the summer.

Can't possibly imagine why Chelsea would sell to Man U unless an agreement like that is included.

GooneriC wrote:

Mourinhos a sneaky one , he will probably loan them Mata having already played them twice, will also want to include in the negotiations some sort of deal for Rooney. Best case scenario for him , loan Mata to United so they can hurt other title rivals and also nail down a deal for Rooney.

If I was manager I would do exactly the same to be honest.

It's not sneaky, it's being very smart.

As soon as Chelsea enter first spot ( after equal games played) they will prob remain their for rest of the season unfortunately. Once Jose has a grip on something he won't let it go esp in business end of season. That's why we need City to beat them.

Chelsea will go deep into the Champions League, we won't.

I love how I keep thinking "Man, he's really going bald" every time I see Rooney. Then I remember that he's had several extensive hair transplant procedures done. That has to be one of the world's shallowest gene pools. The water barely reaches the ankles.

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His look's not improving much with age.
Why would Madrid want him?

Because he's really good at football and one of the top 5 most marketable players in the world?

Outside of Ibrahimovic, Rooney would be the best fit of any #9 in world football to play with Bale and Ronaldo in my view. He would certainly make a lot more sense to me than Suarez for Real Madrid even though Suarez is the better player.

I agree with that assessment, but only because I think he would be an ideal foil for Ronaldo. He is a very selfless player and would blend into the Real team nicely.

Not so sure Ibra would be a good fit though.

Mourinho would have mastered the art of war if he manage to give United Mata and win the league. Sly fox.