Stamford Bridge star set for Old Trafford switch.
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Man United’s push to sign Chelsea midfielder Juan Mata is growing at a pace with the Daily Mail claiming that the 25 year old Spaniard is set for a medical with the Old Trafford club.
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David Moyes is confident of winning the race to sign the Blues star by the end of the week and wants the player ready and in place for Man United’s home fixture with Cardiff City.
Man United have failed in the pursuit of a number of top players and will be cautiously optimistic of landing Mata, with Chelsea apparently happy to sell the playmaker to a club they don’t see as a Premier League title rival.
The Daily Mirror state that Man United will offer Mata a four year contract, and perhaps more importantly, the regular first team football he needs ahead of the 2014 World Cup finals.
Mata has started just half of Chelsea’s 22 Premier League fixtures and hasn’t featured at all since throwing a wobbly after being subbed against Southampton on New Year’s Day.
David Moyes could well do with some added midfield invention and ineffective stars such as Nani, Tom Cleverley, Ashley Young and Shinji Kagawa may well be concerned about their respective Man United futures.
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