If Mata really doesn't want to fight for his place, then he should leave.
Its incredibly gutting, a player I believed that if he was with us for long enough could break Lampard's goal record, I honestly believed it but if he really doesn't believe he has it in him to try to break back into the team and would just rather walk into a team then its up to him.
£37m-£40m is well below what United should be paying for a player of his talents in my opinion but we have a team full of incredibly talented players, an abundance of quality in his position and if we focus on this too much it'll disrupt the team which we
cannot allow to happen under any circumstances. I want to win the title, I want to win the FA Cup and I want to win the Champions League. Are we likely to do the treble? Well, I wouldn't put much money on it, but if we let this overshadow the great performances by Willian, Hazard, Oscar, Terry, Azpilicueta and a few others then we'll go from a great position to a shit one quicker than we can say Chelski.
We wanted Jose back, I do believe its his call to make the decision to let him to go and if he sanctions it then we should back him. We can't want him to be a yes man to Roman, the board or to the fans, because that will just not work, its not his style and he won't accept it.
Looking at our recent form and how well we've done without Mata, unfortunately it does show we don't seem to need him at the moment. Suggestions we're in for Salah, he can provide the required depth in the position if needed or any other player we choose to sign should we do so.
Its a very disappointing scenario as a Chelsea fan and someone who considered Mata one of his favourite players. Every line-up I've looked at recently the first thing I did was see if he was playing and I was disappointed when he didn't but seemingly the decision has been made.
I think
Marcotti has done a great article on it, even if not much of it was something I wanted to read
For what its worth, if he can't kickstart United's season then I think regardless of how well he plays, he won't go to the world cup anyway.