Chelsea FC and Spanish midfielder Juan Mata has finally joined English club Manchester United after he agreed personal terms with the English Premier League club.
The Spaniard leaves Stamford Bridge after joining in the summer of 2011 for a reported fee of around £37m. Mata has not featured for Chelsea regularly this season since the return of Jose Mourinho as coach of the London based club.
It was gathered he might jump right into action against Cardiff City on Tuesday night
LUKE SHAW….
Manchester United have opened preliminary talks with Southampton over a £20 million swoop for Luke Shaw.
The Premier League champions have made their move for the teenage prodigy as they attempt to make a second statement signing of the January window.
United want to follow up the £37m capture of Juan Mata by trumping Chelsea to the signing of Shaw.
Manager David Moyes is in the market for a new left-back as he prepares for the possible departure of Patrice Evra, whose contract expires in the summer.
Shaw, 18, is the highest rated English player in his age group. He is yet to be capped by England but made his debut for Southampton aged 18 and has already accumulated 49 first-team appearances for Mauricio Pochettino’s improved team.
Shaw signed a new five-year contract with the Saints last summer but sources have said that it is “possible” he could leave the club in the final six days of the window.
Goal revealed in midweek that Moyes was looking to add two players to his squad after tying up a deal for Mata, who will join from Chelsea for a club-record fee subject to completing a medical on Saturday.
United are now stepping up their efforts to secure Shaw, who has also attracted strong interest from Chelsea.
The Londoners could now go head-to-head with United for Shaw, as Ashley Cole has lost his regular starting spot at Chelsea in recent months to Cesar Azpilicueta and the Englishman, 33, is out of contract in the summer.
Moyes has turned his attention to Shaw after failing to clinch deals last summer for Everton’s Leighton Baines and Real Madrid’s Fabio Coentrao.
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