Wednesday 5 August 2009

Mata agent honoured by Barcelona link

Asked about the new rumours linking Valencia left wing attacker and Spanish international Juan Mata (21) with a move to Barcelona (read more here), the player's father and agent Juan Manuel Mata has said in an interview with Catalan radio station COM Ràdio that it's an honour to be linked with Barcelona:

"That a coach like Guardiola, who has won everything, likes the way of playing of Mata and thinks that he has the right profile for Barcelona, is of course an honour.

In any case, it was Valencia that gave him the chance to have already played 80 games in the Liga, to have scored a bunch of goals, to become international, European champion under-19 and best player of that tournament.

No one of Barcelona has talked with me so far but I think that's normal because the clubs should first reach an agreement. The president of Valencia already told me more than one month ago that Barcelona and Madrid have asked for Mata and that he had rejected.

The president is always very clear in his public statements and he was also clear to me: Mata is a very important player for the current project of Valencia. But I guess a situation can always change overnight. I want to stress that football wise, Mata cannot complain at Valencia although you cannot deny that Barcelona has been winning a lot of trophies.

But we sure want to renew his contract because it's still the same as when he arrived from Real Madrid B and they have been promising the whole year that he deserves a better contract, so we're waiting for that. We had a first contact and the proposal wasn't exactly very good. We'll have a new meeting at the end of this week."


Read more:
Barcelona moving again for Mata
Looking forward to the last transfer window month

5 comments:

Areign said...

Amy Lawrence forecasts the year ahead for Arsenal. “Wenger has come to the conclusion that shape, not personnel, will be the key to a big improvement… Throughout pre-season Wenger has shifted it to a 4-3-3. He has plenty of options for his attacking trio, with Van Persie, Nicklas Bendtner, Andrey Arshavin, Eduardo, Theo Walcott and Carlos Vela all in contention. A Barcelona-style passing game, with a bit more bite up front than Wenger’s usual deviation from 4-4-2, is the new formula.”

hehe barca B indeed

Instinct said...

Another ok player we don't need, give the opportunity to someone on our youth squad or bench.

skanjos said...

mata is great m8,he is way better thanany of our yout right now.i dont buy this crap thought,its just a push to get a new contrac,valencia wont sell.

Anonymous said...

It seems Valencia are back where they were 2 months back... that their new president and his investment group failed to pay what they promised so yeah Valencia are deep in debts. It seems they now have to re-consider selling their prized assets like Villa, Silva & Juan Mata. Nice fucking thing considering how they played with the emotions of David Villa & some of the barca fans.

Txiki just GO for Mata

Anonymous said...

@Areign,
Arsenal will always be a Barça wanna-be . There are many pretenders but only ONE Barça !!

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