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Originally Posted by denphone
The trouble with Mata is he does not really fit in with Mourinho's blueprint Mr P and l feel he will definitely be off in the summer to pastures new and the question is why did they get rid of Matic in the first place.
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Being honest, I think he'll be off in the summer, for a nice profit as well I'd imagine. It's unlikely Hazard, Willian and Oscar, who are the preferred option for Jose at the moment, are all going to stay fit every game for the rest of the season so Mata will hopefully be involved in a large chunk of the remaining games. It's a shame the way things are going for him but I think the selections made by Jose recently sadly justify his lack of playing time. Matic went because of our reluctance to blood the youngsters for more than 10 minutes, if they're lucky, or so. I think, and hope, we're learning our lesson and a few more get their chance in the coming seasons. There's enough out on loan to choose from anyway. At least we can finally say one of our youngsters has made the breakthrough, and looks like he's going for big money
Albeit not in the way you'd expect....