Mata

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I have a feeling that we have some aces to play on this transfer.

We have a good target man in Carrol.
We have a better than average performance record the latter half of last season.
We have owners who have a good record of running a tight ship and have done nothing to sully that image so far.
We have a charismatic talisman of a manager with gilt plated pedigree
We have a history with Valencia.
We have a history with Spanish players.
We have a Spanish contingent still at the club.
The Spanish history of the club still loves this us.
None of our best players want to leave.
There is a position screaming out for Mata.
We'll pay wages (Glo Jo).
There's 7 tapas bars in Liverpool.

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@Lfctransfernews
Liverpool set to have won battle with arsenal to sign Juan mata with bid of 19mp. [dailystar]

[Roboklopp]

Plibt plibt

[Chrono]

I have a feeling that we have some aces to play on this transfer.

There's 7 tapas bars in Liverpool.

Just pray Arsenal don't tell him of the hundred or so in London

[Fredo]

@Lfctransfernews
Liverpool set to have won battle with arsenal to sign Juan mata with bid of 19mp. [NOTW]

Not credible.

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Llorente told Superdeporte: "Juan Mata is not for sale.

"We have no plans to sell and we have not received any formal offers for the player.

"The news that has appeared in the papers is nothing more than speculation.

"Our plan this summer is to make our squad better and our priority at the moment is to sign a central defender."
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[Fredo]

Llorente told Superdeporte: "Juan Mata is not for sale.

"We have no plans to sell and we have not received any formal offers for the player.

"The news that has appeared in the papers is nothing more than speculation.

"Our plan this summer is to make our squad better and our priority at the moment is to sign a central defender."
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You've heard that we're signing Downing instead have you?

[Bender]

You've heard that we're signing Downing instead have you?

i know nothing other than what we all know downing will be an lfc player soon

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Llorente told Superdeporte: "Juan Mata is not for sale.

"We have no plans to sell and we have not received any formal offers for the player.

"The news that has appeared in the papers is nothing more than speculation.

"Our plan this summer is to make our squad better and our priority at the moment is to sign a central defender."
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We really should be in for him

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Think we should have spent the henderson money on mata,but it's obvious kenny wants players with prem experience and he seems to be going the english route as he did when he was in charge before.Apparently kenny said via sky sports reporter from china that he doesn't have to sell any players

[RedSince1964]

Think we should have spent the henderson money on mata,but it's obvious kenny wants players with prem experience and he seems to be going the english route as he did when he was in charge before.Apparently kenny said via sky sports reporter from china that he doesn't have to sell any players

Kenny does IMO as we need rid of the deadwood hanging the Clubs neck

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We really should be in for him

...but they say "he's not for sale"

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laughing at phrase. He cost boro 12million and we are in an inflated market coming off his best season.

I agree with what you say about Mata. But I also think Downing represents a better chance of getting top 4.....although once we are there we should **** downing off and get real quality!!

The problem as i see it is our squad is not strong enough to buy failures and gambles such as Jova, Cole, Morientes, Diouff etc........If Mata comes and doesnt settle, well we are back to palying 2 kop flops in Jova and Cole on the left and that leaves us ****e again.

Buying a relatively injury free drowning represents a massive increase of quality from our left hand side, comfortable with both feet and delivers a great ball.........

Kenny, Comolli and Clarke all people who should know the premiership inside out. I dont think Downing will take us to next level and ,aybe we dont need a head turner.. Riera proved how decent a steady eddie could e in that position.

If we want a statement of Intent of how serious we are, we should buy both as they play different postions anyway really.

I just think out of the 2 for next year I would take Downing, But without a doubt Mata will become and in fact allready is a far superior player, just has a different set of attributes and question marks against him

Top 4 is the next level for us now sadly

I'm totally happy with the thought of getting Downing. He's more valuable than the player Villa bought and will slot in very nicely indeed in a position that we've struggled with.

So much of our play comes down the right hand side that it makes us easy to negate. I'd say it flatters our opponents. I also don't think we have more than a season to keep Suarez happy, his value is increasing rapidly and we need a premiership proven player who is going to hit the ground running without needing to be bedded in for 6 months

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Top 4 is the next level for us now sadly

I'm totally happy with the thought of getting Downing. He's more valuable than the player Villa bought and will slot in very nicely indeed in a position that we've struggled with.

So much of our play comes down the right hand side that it makes us easy to negate. I'd say it flatters our opponents. I also don't think we have more than a season to keep Suarez happy, his value is increasing rapidly and we need a premiership proven player who is going to hit the ground running without needing to be bedded in for 6 months

I agree with that, I am very happy with him....I suppose I was talking about having the effect on a bigger stage that we are not in .

I am really happy about this signing for the reasons you mentioned. Also if we do manage to get top 4 and back in CL getting a 'Mata' or 'woldclassjonnyforeigner' then Downing is available to play in a few positions and would add great strength to our squad similar to Johnson/Silva at City.

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...but they say "he's not for sale"

Sure he is