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Post by Rustin Cohle on Jun 30, 2021 17:22:44 GMT
His contract has run out today. Doesn't sound like it will be renewed. Thanks for everything Juan, you were one of the few things giving me hope during the club's darkest hours.
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Post by Stew on Jun 30, 2021 19:37:35 GMT
His contract has run out today. Doesn't sound like it will be renewed. Thanks for everything Juan, you were one of the few things giving me hope during the club's darkest hours. Not so sure. I read it was being renewed. |
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Post by bushy1987 on Jun 30, 2021 20:10:02 GMT
His contract has run out today. Doesn't sound like it will be renewed. Thanks for everything Juan, you were one of the few things giving me hope during the club's darkest hours. Not so sure. I read it was being renewed. His time is well and truly up and we should let him go, but out of all the ridiculous contracts we have offered players who we should have let go over the last few years, Jones matic ect, a mental 3 year deal for Mata wouldn't actually bother me. |
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Post by Sméagol on Jul 2, 2021 9:59:28 GMT
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Post by mightyez on Jul 2, 2021 10:22:39 GMT
we wanted him to take an 80k a week paycut to £100k a week to stay.
I don't think he would get that money anywhere else at his age tbh.
Deal doesn't make any sense whatsoever to me unless the thought process is matic defo leaving and Mata can provide experience.
Surely you let him go nicely and start blooding Hannibal properly, we spent 10 million on the lad as a literal child, why the heck are we not just giving him mata's game time to further develop
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Post by Stretty on Jul 2, 2021 14:36:12 GMT
This is why we will struggle to to become an elite side again.
We just hang on to players well past their sell by date and for 100k a week we could definitely have upgraded on him
City have just released Aguero and will no doubt upgrade on him this summer(if he’d played for us he’d be here for another 5 years at least)
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Post by thesheepdog on Jul 2, 2021 19:40:58 GMT
I really like mata but for fucks sake why do we give players new contracts who aren't going to play. Is It an accounting thing . Is he in the books as a 20 million pound asset and letting him go leaves a financial hole. It just doesn't make any sense
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Post by Sméagol on Jul 8, 2021 8:52:23 GMT
That's kind of huge.
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Post by ratbag on Jul 8, 2021 9:26:54 GMT
It's about bloody time someone stepped up...well done Adidas... |
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Post by dazjoe on Jul 8, 2021 21:26:00 GMT
It's this kind of thing that has me OK with Mata staying on longer. On the pitch he should really be used massively sparingly (league cup, early rounds of the FA Cup if we get favourable draws, final game of the Champions League group stage if already qualified for next round for instance), but you'd hope that off the pitch he is a huge, positive influence for the young lads. Rashford is already a fabulous individual himself, but you have the likes of Greenwood, Shoretire, Elanga, Amad, etc. Surely it helps them to develop as people in positions of incredible wealth and privilege to have Mata as a mentor and role model. On the pitch yes, but also off it. These kids aren't growing up to be regular Joe's; they will be millionaires, with legions of hangers on, yes men, and false friends. Learning how to navigate through that isn't easy and hopefully a guy like Mata can only help. |
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Post by anti_social on Jun 2, 2022 9:07:28 GMT
Another one bites the dust
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Post by Tatty on Jun 2, 2022 9:24:47 GMT
Literally wasted his talent and career because we’re such a basket case of a club.
But, we’ll always have Juanfield.
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Post by Sméagol on Jun 2, 2022 9:41:25 GMT
Class player, even better person. Cheers for everything Juan!
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Post by Diablo Rouge on Jun 2, 2022 10:54:45 GMT
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Post by Karma on Jun 2, 2022 11:13:49 GMT
Last time we won there wasn’t it ? |
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