Spain international Juan Mata has agreed a four-and-a-half year contract worth £150,000-a-week at Manchester United but Chelsea are yet to complete the transfer agreement
Juan Mata was waiting on Thursday night for Chelsea to formally sign off his
£37 million transfer to Manchester United after growing increasingly
frustrated with the club’s failure to sanction his departure for a medical
at Old Trafford.
Despite agreeing a four-and-a-half year contract worth £150,000-a-week at
United, Mata remained in London on Thursday due to Chelsea’s refusal to
complete the transfer agreement with the Premier League champions.
Ground staff at United’s Aon Training Complex at Carrington had arrived early
on Thursday morning to prepare a helipad in order for the Spain midfielder
to fly north for a medical.
But with Chelsea delaying Mata’s departure until they had completed the
signing of FC Basel’s Egyptian winger Mohamed Salah, United were unable to
proceed with the medical examination in Manchester.
United remain confident that a deal with be completed for Mata within the next
48 hours and senior figures at the club are currently unconcerned by the
delays at the Chelsea end.
But with Mata determined to press ahead with his move to United in order to play regular football for David Moyes’s team after falling out of favour at Stamford Bridge under Jose Mourinho, the player and United are hopeful that his club record transfer will be concluded before the end of the weekend.
Telegraph
But with Mata determined to press ahead with his move to United in order to play regular football for David Moyes’s team after falling out of favour at Stamford Bridge under Jose Mourinho, the player and United are hopeful that his club record transfer will be concluded before the end of the weekend.
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