Mata to us ?

But there's a difference between a few fivers/tenners and a million fivers/tenners. If say 500k people stick a fiver each on Rooney to Madrid in the next day then the odds will change, surely?

 

Costa has been valued at 30 million and as much as you need players a striker surely isn't top of the list?

 

If the bookies took that many small bets across all there shops, they wouldn't even realise until after the event, as the small bets are not reported. It is the big players that move the markets. For Mata to have shortened up, they would have had to have taken some serious bets on him moving

 

Fair enough, you know more than I do. But I still wouldn't base a player moving on some odds shortening.

 

I don't think it's a secret that Rooney will be off in the summer though.

With Rooney off and RVP back to his always injured ways then we would definetly need a striker

 

I don't think a striker is what we need this window, but I agree we will most likely need one in the summer. If Rooney is so set on leaving in the summer, I don't understand why we don't just give him to Chelsea for Mata, as we aren't going to get 40m for Rooney then as he'll only have a year left on his contract. I don't want Rooney to leave, but if a player genuinely wants to leave then I've always said they should be allowed to

 

Agreed.

Actually we need to rebuild. Mata will/may be good top acquisition but we do need an imposing midfielder like keane or robson (or Y Toure) who can get the team going when the going gets rough...

We need to have at least 3 top strikers. Welbeck and Hernandez may come in but they are not part of that small elite of very best. City have Aguero, Negredo, Dzeko who could probably walk into any premiership team. Rooney and RVP have been out and we absolutely have no cutting edge.

 

If true, why wouldn't Atletico just offer us Costa given we clearly are in the hunt for a striker? The 2 players are probably worth similar money so near enough straight swap. Anyway as I understand it, Atletico will probably have to sell Costa regardless to service debt so probably can't afford Mata anyway.

 

Well put

 

Mata will be better off going to City if he wants to actually challenge for trophies, he won't get that by going to United.

 

Or us, maybe even Everton. No, no, that's too far

 

Let's not go over the top Gerrez

 

I think his first concern is playing games and getting in the world cup squad - which wouldn't be guaranteed with City's squad.

 

Especially considering two of his rivals in the Spanish squad are at Man City, both first teamers too.

 

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I reckon he'd do the number 7 proud.

 

Liverpool fans are getting worried.

I wonder why...............................

 

What makes you think this Matth?

 

We're getting worried because you might buy 1 good player?

 

Do you think matth realises that them selling Rooney to Ream Madrid could mean they won't come in for Suarez? #worried

 

Rumours that Mata is in Manchester and that he didn't train with the squad this moring.