JUAN MATA HAS given his first interview since officially signing on as Manchester United’s record £37.1m signing from Chelsea.
The Spanish international inked a deal with the league champions last night and spoke of his honour at being sought by United. He said, “This is a team that has won a lot of leagues in recent years, many, many leagues in the history of the Premier League and [old Division One]. It’s amazing, knowing that a club like Manchester United is interested in you.”
You can check out more of the interview with Mata, who is in line to make his United debut against Cardiff, here:
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United boss David Moyes, meanwhile, has told MUTV that he is on the hunt for extra players but may not be able to bring in anyone else until the summer.
He said, “This is the first, and there will be many more to come in time. I want the quality of Juan to be the start of it. I don’t think we will have any more [signings] in January. I’m still working on it and looking to do so. But hopefully it will be the first of some new signings, some new players who will arrive, more likely in the summertime.”
Moyes added, “Undoubtedly we could all do with a bit of a lift. We have not done as well as we would have liked to do. We see this as the start, we have to look to improve, and I’m going to try to bring in some new players to make that happen.
“I want to build an exciting team, I want to win and I want to give the supporters something to shout about. I’ve not done that often enough.”
Great signing for United.. an attack of Rvp, Rooney, Januzaj and Mata will be very promising..time to sure up the defence now.
Chelsea are insane to let a player of this quality go especially to a rival/future rival. Great signing for Utd though and one that Chelsea could live to regret
Hate to say this but good signing
Great bit of business for united and a real statement of intent from Moyes. It certainly shows himself and Ed Woodward have a better handle on transfers now than they did in the summer. Hard to believe they landed Mata in January, let alone at all.
Not think that Rooney going the other way could be part of the deal?
Agree martin.Hate to see it as a pool fan though -.- if we dont get a few players I’ll lose my mind
At least a holding midfielder and a left back
So there’ll be more signings…suppose it’s just a “Mata” of time!
RVP and rooney would both be gone in a heartbeat if Jose bid for them.
It’s a step backwards for Mata, he couldn’t get into the Chelsea side and is now the messiah for Man Utd
Talking out of your ballbag there billy , Mata was Chelsea’s best player for the last two seasons so it clearly comes down to the fact that Mourinho just doesn’t like the guy .
So you think moving from Chelsea to Utd is a forward move?
Have to disagree with you there.
Love the rose tinted Man U specs on here !
Of course it is. They are the reigning champions
Chelsea will never ever be a bigger club than United, ya ballbag!
A right back a left back and a cdm.That’d be ideal.Probably end up with no one :-(