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Looking forward to the day we see this on the team sheet. Courtois Azpi Cahill Zouma Shaw Matic Ramires E. Hazard Oscar T. Hazard Lukaku Let that sink in for a moment. Might even have that next season, who knows. If we're seeing Hazard this good at the moment I'm REALLY interested to see how his lil' brudda does with us. If our rivals thought ONE Hazard was dangerous they might end up sh*tting it at the prospect of facing TWO.

They'd be mad to let us have him before the summer as they're clearly in with a shout for the La Liga title. Might happen over the summer, never know.

Cech Azpi Cahill Terry Ivan Matic Ramires Salah Willian Oscar Hazard Eto'o I think we'll crush them. Despite the return of some of their players and some new signings this will be too much of a 'baptism of fire' for them and I think we'll run riot. 4-0 Chelsea

West Ham in the league I believe.

No, that is RAWK'ish to an extreme. We're better than that. It simply needs moving to 'Other Teams'. Mata was a great player for us and helped us finally win the Champion's League. He deserves more than to just be 'deleted'. He's absolutely done the right thing with his message to us Chelsea fans, it's time for us to go our separate ways. I won't be able to stop myself from watching his debut against Cardiff, but beyond that I'll keep my distance.

So we moving this thread to 'Other Teams' yet?

Deal is done and dusted. Juan Mata is now a Manchester United player. I'm going to the pub; I may be some time. From the player himself: "I have enjoyed some very happy years at Chelsea but the time has come for a new challenge." Challenge? Yep, I think you're in for one.

The downside to this signing is that Chelsea's own Facebook page is being bombarded with what seems to be comments from half of Egypt. Seriously, it's mental.

Yeah the press will try a whole "Juan Mata leaves vile Chelsea behind to gallantly aid struggling David Moyes" angle on it. Ultimately, the truth is that Mata simply didn't fit into the way Jose was meshing this side, therefore he had to go rather than be a £40 million benchwarmer.

I will be very disappointed if our fans, if any of our fans, give Mata sh*t when we play United next season.

Schwarzer Ivanovic Cahill Luiz Azpi Matic Ramires Willian Oscar Schurrle Eto'o We will see Demba Ba sometime the second half. Can see nothing other than a Chelsea win but much like the United game our only danger here is complacency.

Be funny if we randomly signed Hulk or Costa.

Not going to happen. Wouldn't mind if it did but it probably won't.

Gigi says it is real

I didn't think it was worth starting a new thread over this so I'll just post it here. I've just finished writing an article on "The Juan Mata Saga"; an article that summarizes my thoughts on this episode, what it means for Chelsea, what it means for the league, and what it means for both David Moyes and Jose Mourinho. If you fancy a read have a gander if not the TL;DR is that I think this is actually a great piece of business and that Jose has timed it perfectly. http://daliennation.wordpress.com/2014/01/24/the-juan-mata-saga/ https://twitter.com/DaleKiwi/status/426513185017851904 Sentiment does not win teams trophies and does not ensure success, Liverpool are a standing testament to that fact.

I think it's going to be Diego Costa. Torres will go the other way and we'll throw some cash into the package as well. Makes little sense for Atheltico to sell us Costa at this stage when they're clearly in contention for the La Liga top-spot.

Still no announcement from Manchester United.

True. However, if this is found to be true and Barcelona still escape punishment that throws the blatant "UEFAlona" favoritism out into the open for all to see. It will have repercussions either way as you might find teams beginning to boycott the Champion's League (to use an extreme example).

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11833/9130222/la-liga-barcelona-president-sando-rosell-steps-down The story surrounding the Neymar scandal continues to grow. Sandro Rosell, the President of Barcelona, has just stood down from his post. Really interested to see where this goes.

It will probably go to Hazard or Oscar. However, if Jose is as erudite as he is deemed to be he'll leave it vacant for a while as to not really piss off hurt fans.

zomgzomgzomgzomg... Yeah... non-story, we aren't getting him.

I suspect that Oscar or Hazard will get the #10 shirt and Salah will get whichever one just got vacated. Expecting the announcement from United any moment now.

Well that came out of f**king nowhere.

RAWK Meltdown in 3... 2... 1... http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/3634770/title/salah-transfer-agreed