Hi guys, tresspasser here :D
As you can tell by my name I dont exactly have....Chelsea's best interest at heart lol but I am Croatian and a big fan of Kovacic and want him to succeed and be Modric's successor like we all expect him to.
Now I do know some people in Mateo's circle and while its not much of a secret or a piece of inside info, in his mind he's a Chelsea player. Period. He is not going back to Madrid and also unfortunately he had no intention of going to United. He loves the city of London and while he did entertain the idea of playing for Guardiola, Chelsea is what he really wanted and pushed really hard for. He's spoken about pretty much all of this so its not like this is anything major. He's a Chelsea player in his mind and he's staying.
As for him as a player, damn you guys got a good one. I think he's actually very underrated now because he spent so much time not getting consistant minutes but he's absolutely capable of being a top midfielder. You've seen his performances in a few games he played against Barcelona, right? He's capable of that constantly. Will be perhaps the best midfielder in the PL IMO. Wasnt surprised that he played well in his first game because lets face it, despite being young he is experienced playing at a high level.He would bring it vs Barcelona every time, no reason not to bring it against any other team.