Well if all goes as Manchester United is aiming, Juan Mata will be unveilled by David Moyes on Monday as a United player, half way through the season.
Anyone who saw José Mourinho's face recently, as he collected an Award, can tell the Manager appears not to be in favour of losing Juan Mata to United, although the player has not been on the regular starting line for Chelsea of late.
And the transaction, worth £40m, isn't bad for the player who is seen as a consistent scorer for Chelsea.
Even for Chelsea, a £40m inflow into the coffers is hadly bad business for a Club not doing badly on the table, despite being owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich.
But Juan Mata seem more capable of doing some damage to Chelsea chances from Manchester United than Wayne Rooney would have done to Man U from Chelsea, had the deal to acquire him gone through.
Some believe the Rooney would never have been able to perform at Chelsea, and would instead have struggled to adapt.
Today news from Manchester Unitd say negotiation is progressing as planned for Spanish mid-fielder.
And two Premier League Managers have added their voice to the voices of those opposed to Man U buying Juan Mata, because it will be unfair to Chelsea.
Arsenal Manager, Arsene Wenger condemned the move as unfair on Thursday and Manchester City Manager, Manuel Pellegrini, has today expressed his objection to the rule which allow a player to switch clubs competing in the same league midway through the season.
"Personally I don’t agree that the player can go from one team to another team in the same league at this part of the year but rules are rules and he can change clubs. I think if a player plays for a club for more than half of the season, a club with money can take the best players from the other teams. The rules allow, so nothing to say", Peregrini said at a press conference.
If the deal falls through, Juan Mata may be playing in Manchester United colours by as close as Tuesday next week.
Chelsea later confirmed officially on their website that an agreement has been reached with Manchester United for the transfer of Juan Mata. "The move is subject to a medical and the agreement of personal terms." Chelsea said.
At the same time, Chelsea confirmed that they have also agreed terms with AC Milan for the transfer of Michael Essien to the Serie A side.
Another official statement by Chelsea said "Essien has travelled to Italy and the completion of the move is subject to him agreeing personal terms with Milan and passing a medical examination."
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