Juan Manuel Mata

[G.J]

Noooooooooooo please no. Pointless. This would be terrible.

 

[Cule Angles]

The story comes from Onda Cero, another member of the Castilian "caverna mediatica", but it has a fair amount of detail including price and contract length. I'm a big fan of Mata and would be more than happy with his arrival. We need further reinforcement for the front line if Ibra leaves us and I think Mata is ideal for the left hand side, allowing DV7 to play centrally.

 

[BlackSniper]

in all of newspapers and sites writing about: Barcelona sign Mata.

 

[G.J]

The story comes from Onda Cero, another member of the Castilian "caverna mediatica", but it has a fair amount of detail including price and contract length. I'm a big fan of Mata and would be more than happy with his arrival. We need further reinforcement for the front line if Ibra leaves us and I think Mata is ideal for the left hand side, allowing DV7 to play centrally.

But we have a player that can perform his role better, and it's not like he can offer more depth like Silva by playing in the middle. I really dont see how we need him.

 

[Cule Angles]

Silva wouldn't offer us more depth than Mata because he couldn't play down the middle in our 433 system. The big question is whether Zlatan is staying or going, if Mata does arrive I think it suggests the Swede is on his way because it gives us 5 top forwards (DV7, Messi, Pedro, Bojan, Mata) when 6 would probably be one too many.

 

[Corb]

Mata?! What a kind of joke is that?!?! We've got many Matas in our young teams.

 

[Cule Angles]

Mata?! What a kind of joke is that?!?! We've got many Matas in our young teams.

Not really, we have some promising midfielders and defenders but no wide goalscorers in the Mata mould. I don't think Jeffren is what we need, and who else is there besides that with the level of pace, finishing and passing that Mata possesses?

 

[Barcaman]

Being left footed leaves him to be a sub for Messi if we are to be strict to our game.

 

[Corb]

Not really, we have some promising midfielders and defenders but no wide goalscorers in the Mata mould. I don't think Jeffren is what we need, and who else is there besides that with the level of pace, finishing and passing that Mata possesses?

But Mata is not a great player. He is only a good player for Valencia.

Anyway, some sources say Mata signing up is a lie:

Mata has not signed for Barcelona

Barça Nor is it has not signed for five seasons. It's no lie that Barca wanted him and it was a priority before the World Cup for Valencia but did not want to drop your crack. Mata is the '10 'on which will build the new project. Let no man deceive you, what has emerged in recent hours about Mata is smoke. Valencia will be until 2012, that is the goal of Llorente. Rosell will do everything to avoid it.

http://futbolitis.terra.es/articulo/mata-seguira-valencia-4139.htm

(Google translate.)

 

[Galning]

I hope your source is right Corb. I don't rate Mata, at all.

 

[Corb]

I hope your source is right Corb. I don't rate Mata, at all.

If he does some tricks like this in a game maybe I will change my mind:

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[Galning]

Holy sheat that's nice

 

[Barcafan 2304]

There should be more accountability in the press. If he has not signed, what the hell are Marca doing running that story?

 

[Xavi Hernández Creus]

I trust them, they knew Villa would come two weeks before we signed him.

 

[Aryagorn]

He's been left winger for quite some time now, there's no doubt on that

He's played an AM/SS role for Madrid... Remember him playing striker against us at Mestalla last season!?

He's played on RW for Spain U21

So what people site as an advantage for Silva is actually more true for Mata, he is probably one among rare few who could play all 3 positions in our attack with equal ease(Pedro is one among that group)! To top that he can play the AM as well!! Yeah Pedro did emerge last season but we gotta understand both P! & Mata are of similar mold, only Pedro is a rightie and Mata a leftie! What's wrong with having 2 similar players who are great versatile players and their natural position is actually not same!? Not to mention both are great goal threats!?

And to those people who've been busy saying he's worse than Pedro and Bojan, think again!! Bojan is not a winger so no need to even compare them actually, he's not going to compete with Mata for his place anyway... And Pedro has one good season while Mata's been maintaining his performances for 3 good years now, he's been playing for Spain for more than an year!! How do you keep claiming he's worse than Pedro!?