GinoFC

Slah is a bench player. Doubt he will get 10. Just imagining Januzaj and Mata linking up the same way Mata and Hazard used to is getting me excited but then i remember its for United. Oh well, you cant have them all i guess :(

And he was absolute crap for those seasons. The pressure of it ruined him.

Bit of a risk giving him number 7 and i dont think it will suit him the way it does Ronaldo. He should be given a number that he can make his own instead of living in Ronaldo's shadow (Not that he isn't capable of living up to the number).

Its Oscar most likely. He is our number ten now (As Mourinho has said), plays number ten for Brazil and deserves the backing from us.

I doubt he would of wanted to be loaned out. Its a bit of an insult to him as a player. It was inevitable one of the three amigo's would have to make way TBH. Kind of happy it wasn't Oscar or Hazard though because their potential is well above Mata's.

Darkhorse here for our first team. Haven't seen him play, what is he like? Is he just a poacher or does he have more to his game then that?

This is quite depressing. Especially reading how obnoxious and ungrateful they are on red cafe. The only thing that makes me feel any better is seeing how every other fan (Liverpool and Wenger) is so depressed about it.

I would say this is all BS but knowing our club we will sign another wide player for 30 million+ despite not having any need for them

He will do a job. Not a great one but still a job. The reason he is being slated is because people are comparing him to Mata which they shouldn't. Im a little upset we didn't promote some youth for backup (Piazon is having a better season then Salah) and seems to reiterate peoples fear about Mourinho and youth. Guess we will have to wait and see.

Watched this kid last year and he was absolute quality (IMO). Was arguably one of the best in the U21 team at the age of 15/16. Seems abit weird that there isn't enough buzz around this guy as he really does look something special. Or am i just being a bit of an idiot here and overreacting?

Hello. This is my first post and it is merely a coincidence that im posting during this "Mini crisis"; for want of a better name. If im honest, i was upset by the news. He was our stand out player for the past two years (By a fair distance) and is still probably our best attacking option (Albeit not as good as Oscar defensively, but that is another argument entirely). I had accepted Mourinho's decision to leave him out, even if i felt Mata should of been playing, i trusted Mourinho and trusted his explanation (Which made sense) for he is Mourinho. I had hoped, without much expectation, that he could adapt to the inside forward role that Willian is playing now but he couldn't (Not surprising really) and it was highlighted the most in the Southampton game, where we looked much better defensively and going forward with Willian playing. Since the Southampton game (ironically the first day of the transfer window) i had accepted that letting Mata go was the best for both parties and was ok with us selling him. What i am upset about and quite miffed about, is the selling to the Mancs. It makes no sense to us medium or long term. While united are not competing currently (And may take points off rivals) they still have a squad that is full of quality players and signing Mata wont just improve their first team significantly but also give the morale boost Ozil did to Arsenal. Yes they aren't tital rivals this season but with Mata, they are almost guaranteed 4th place, meaning they will be able to bring in players to get the best out of Mata and make their team one of the best again. This isn't like Liverpool getting 4th place, this is a much bigger club nowadays who were on the verge of sinking yet we go and chuck them a lifeboat. To put it this way, who would you rather make top 4? Liverpool or Man utd? I also dont understand the Rooney move. Rooney will be 29/30 in the summer, is known to be inconsistent and is not considered the best physically. Thinking about it, we may only get 1 good year out of him and is it worth giving them such a boost just for 1 year? I don't think it is. Not to mention the fact that he would probably cost the same amount (If not more) then Mata as the mancs aren't as willing to sell as we are and also the fact that Mata joining might cause Rooney to want to stay as well. To summarise, this all seems extremely short sighted by JM and the club and may well bite us in the ass, however, i guess we have to trust in his judgement as our manager.