We didn't do it out of spite. We are just overloaded with players in his position. It was a horrible situation as I would have loved to see him back but the unfortunate truth was we had too many players in his position already.

I'll always love him, but I am a little annoyed right now to put it mildly. I just wish he'd stayed with Barca.

Lastly, call me crazy but I'm not sure this transfer will work. I don't know if Mourinho will get the best out of him/if Mourinho will be able to avoid getting sacked in the next 2 seasons.

The comment from the Q P Hahaha fan, above, is priceless

What makes it funny is look at the response to Mata going to Man U, and then compare with this.

Some go oners

Arshavins Legacy Good level headed comment glad there are a few of you out there.

And i will call you crazy It was my belief that once we had Matic in place then Mata would start to feature more heavily for CFC, he decided his future laid somewhere else. Cesc i think is the type of player we have been waiting for and should slot in nicely next to Matic