Juan Mata Hengkang ke Manchester United Berbiaya 37 Juta Pounds
Manchester United Agree Club Record 37m Pounds Fee for Chelsea Star Mata
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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Manchester (B2B) - Manchester United (MU) sepakat untuk merekrut Juan Mata dari Chelsea dengan jumlah bayaran mencapai 37 juta pound atau setara 737,2 miliar rupiah.
Kedatangan "playmaker" asal Spanyol itu disebut-sebut dapat dianggap sebaga pelipur lara bagi kubu Manchester United setelah gagal melaju ke Piala Liga Inggris.
MU dikalahkan Sunderland pada laga leg kedua semifinal Piala Liga Inggris yang berlangsung di Stadion Old Trafford, Manchester, Kamis dini hari WIB. MU terdepak setelah keok dalam adu penalti dari Sunderland.
MU memerlukan kemenangan dengan defisit dua gol untuk lolos ke final. Dalam leg pertama di markas The Black Cats, MU kalah 1-2.
Surat kabar Mail Online menurunkan judul "Bye bye, Jose" seraya menyertakan informasi bahwa salah satu pemain bintang Chelsea itu siap menjalani pemeriksaan media dalam hitungan 24 jam ke depan.
Mata yang kini berusia 25 tahun membukukan rekor sebagai pemain termahal yang direkrut MU. Sebelumnya, bos Chelsea Jose Mourinho menjalin kontak intensif soal kesepakatan kepindahan Mata.
Ketua eksekutif MU, Ed Woodward sepakat bahwa kedatangan Mata diharapkan dapat mendongkrak penampilan skuad Setan Merah di musim ini.
Sesudah menelan kekalahan dari Sunderland di Old Trafford, Moyes menolak berkomentar soal kepindahan Mata.
Mata segera meninggalkan Chelsea, setelah ia tiga tahun berada di markas The Blues. Chelsea merogok kocek senilai 23,5 juta pound untuk mendatangkan Mata dari Valencia.
Prestasi MU sedang terpuruk di musim 2013/14. Moyes diwartakan punya bekal hampir 2 triliun rupiah untuk berburu pemain dalam bursa transfer pemain musim ini.
Mata menggaet gelar sebagai Pemain Terbaik Chelsea 2011/12 dan 2012/13.
Manchester - Manchester United have agreed a club record £37million fee for Chelsea´s Juan Mata to ease the pain of their Capital One Cup KO.
The Spanish playmaker, 25, trained alone in the fitness centre at Cobham on Wednesday as his team-mates prepared for Sunday’s FA Cup tie at Stamford Bridge against Stoke City.
After the Sunderland defeat at Old Trafford, Moyes refused to talk about the Mata deal.
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho signed off on the deal following talks with club executives and Mata is expected for a medical in Manchester on Thursday.
Seven defeats in the Barclays Premier League have left United six points off the pace in the race for fourth place - and Champions League football next season - but Mata´s addition will cause a huge stir.
United chief executive Ed Woodward agreed to break the club´s transfer record for Mata as they attempt to salvage their season.
Mourinho had given his players two days off following their 3-1 victory over United in the Barclays Premier League on Sunday.
They returned to training on Wednesday to discover that Mata was ‘90 per cent sure’ that he would be leaving Chelsea, three years after he arrived in a £23.5m deal from Valencia.
He has not played for the club since he was substituted in the 53rd minute of their 3-0 victory at Southampton on New Year’s Day.
After the game Mourinho claimed the door was open for any player who wanted to leave and Mata was one of them.
He believes he will be given a fresh start at United and it’s a huge statement of intent by the champions after an indifferent first season under new manager David Moyes.
Mata, who was Chelsea’s player of the year for the past two seasons, will sign a lengthy contract at United when he has completed his medical.
