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Anyone other than Jos? trying to sell Mata would have their grave dug up by now. His word is authority. Fall outs and famous departures are not new in Mourinho's past tenures. He assumed a style for Chelsea, Mata doesn't fit his style so he's out; at a price. Nothing has changed about how he revamps his squad(s).
The deal's worked for Mou; He got rid of his man, he assumes United can't catch up to Chelsea and gets a neat ?40m to top it off. He IS strengthening United albeit indirectly by letting him go. It's only in the long run he's ever going to worry about it (or not). Fans? they'll be gutted for a while but they'd let a star go than Mou from 'bridge, again. They'll bash, buy and loot the transfer market again and find someone new to love.
Also Mata's arrival finally suggests it's the end of the road for Kagawa. Unless he mends himself into a more central midfield type player or play second fiddle/out of position his stay is not guaranteed anymore.
Chelsea don't need the money. However, Mata going to Man Utd could affect Chelsea in the long-term - this could be the signing to galvanise Man Utd back into a title-challenging team. As sad as it is, letting him rot on the bench is the better thing for Chelsea to do until he was able to secure a move overseas.
I stand by what I said about Mourinho.
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It was Gundogan, but I can't for the life of me see why he'd go to United when he could go anywhere he wanted be it Spain, a better English team, or a megabucks side.
. Jokes apart, its really sad to know. I read about that new somewhere on FB, thought that has to be a rumor but when I looked at some official websites I shocked...... Sad, sad, sad..... 
