NorthLondon wrote:Hi guys, I really dunno where to post this so I'll put it here.
My sister and her husband migrated from Manchester to Spain 7 years ago, specifically Valencia. Her husband is quite a snobby **** who was born into money and he ran his own pretty successful printing company before their move so they're not short of a few quid, which is why they live in a quite posh region of Valencia.
Getting to the point (and not talking about my boring family anymore 😛) Juan Mata is one of their neighbours. My brother in law is a big La Liga fanatic and loves bragging to me about living near him, and while I normally ignore him when he goes off on one when I heard we were interested in him I made sure to ask my brother in law about him when he and my sister came home today for their yearly visit.
Well, it turns out my brother in law and Mata have gotten very friendly over the last year. According to him they always play tennis and play video games together on Mata's xbox. "We're best pals!" he kept telling my Chavski supporting dad, who didn't really care at all. It was good for me though because I was getting quite desperate for some information about Mata because he'd be my dream signing this summer.
I asked my brother in law an hour ago about him and I got just what I wanted. I swear on my Grandmother's grave that my brother in law said to me that Juan Mata had told him on Monday that he had a meeting with us the day before about discussing personal terms with him, which I assume means that we've either had a bid accepted or we're nearing Valencia's price. Mata told my brother in law that the meeting had gone well and he would be really happy to come to Arsenal as we are willing to match his wage demands, which Liverpool, who had met with Mata too a few weeks ago, were refusing to do.
I'm so excited at the minute. My brother in law is an Arsenal fan too so he wouldn't lie at all about this, even if he is a bit down-heartened because he sees Mata as a replacement to Nasri. Yeah I only joined tonight and I only have one post (which is this 😛) but I'm a fan just like the rest of you. I'm not a WUM and I certainly wouldn't take the piss because that's pathetic. So believe me or not, whatever, but I know that my brother in law is telling the truth and that Mata has held talks with us.
