Alot has been made of Chelsea's season so far and it's been mainly doom and gloom from the media, press and some of our supporters hasn't it!.
On a positive note, we have all witnessed the arrival of Juan Mata and he has really made a fantastic impression for someone who is in his first season in England.

At last we hear that AVB has an angry side with his players aswell as the media!. Up till now we have only seen his angered response to some lines of questioning during pre or post match press conferences when speaking to the media or the written press. It seems as though he let the players see the exact same side after defeat to United on Sunday.

Regular readers of my blog will know that I like to pick out a video on YouTube now and again to showcase some of the work being done by fantastic people on there. In the last few days my Torres post which had over 10,000 hits alone featured work put together on the video channel.
Here I present to you yet another one to have a watch.

Juan Mata has spoken ahead of the United game on Sunday. In the short time he has been here in England, he has made an impact and has become an important player for Chelsea now and in the future.
Speaking of the weekend, Mata reveals that the players aren't happy with the ways things are going but are determined to put things right in every game starting with United.

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It's common knowledge that Chelsea offered ridiculous money to try and sign Luka Modric back in the summer and Spurs stood firm and resisted our advances. You have to hold your hands up to them and say fair play to them really. Levy backed his manager, stood by him and look how well they are doing this season so far.

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Juan Mata will be under the spotlight tonight as he takes on Spanish counterpart David Silva. Both ex-teammates, will have the responsibility of creating and dictating the play for both sides tonight and Mata is keen to point out that although we respect Manchester City and the start they have made, we do not fear them.

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Juan Mata was the star of the show on Saturday against Wolves. Having a hand in our first and second goals and scoring our third, Mata was instrumental in a fantastic first half performance.
As you can imagine, after the game, Mata was asked about our previous run of results and the effects it had on the players.

Following on from my earlier post stating that AVB needs to decide on our best eleven and stick with them week in, week out for a while, I am posting this question about Juan Mata. It's a question that is on our minds at the moment as I can't help but feel that we would get so much more out of Juan Mata if he played inside.

Now the reason I am asking this question is to do with balance in our side. As we all know until the Blackburn game the other week, we hadn't keep a clean sheet in the league since the opening day of the season against Stoke.
It looks like AVB has addressed the situation by taking Jose Bosingwa out of the side and replacing him with Alex and moving Ivanovic to right back.

With Drogba suspended – and his record of 13 goals in 14 matches against Arsenal today irrelevant – Torres takes his place in the centre of the Blues' front three, looking to replicate some of the form the aforementioned Ivorian is capable of. However, with Koscielny and Mertesacker looking mightily strong in the middle of [.

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I am surprised that AVB has said that he believes the arrival of Juan Mata has had nothing to do with the return to form of Fernando Torres. When he was asked about it he said the following:

"[It has] Nothing to do with it, in my opinion. We don't add in terms of nationalities for every player, for people to get involved socially outside of the pitch.

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Josh McEachran whilst training with the England U21 squad last week showed a touch of genius that was caught on the FATV's camera's.
We have all seen the Juan Mata video of his sublime piece of skill whilst training with Spain a while back haven't we?. If you haven't here it is to remind you:
Impressive eh?

Juan Mata, away with Spain during the international break has taken time out to quickly speak of his move to Chelsea and England. When asked to give his opinion on his move he said:

"This summer I took a major step in my career by signing for Chelsea and the truth is that everything is going well.

Juan Mata took centre stage with AVB yesterday afternoon in the pre match press conference ahead of tonight's mouth watering tie against Valencia in the Champions League. Just five weeks after leaving Valencia to sign for Chelsea, Mata spoke of the game and his return:
He said:

"It is going to be a very special and emotional match for me playing so soon after leaving Valencia.

Juan Mata was formerly introduced to the media yesterday at the training ground and guess what, one of his comments was immediately pulled by The Sun and made into a dig a Fernando Torres with a headline of "I'm not just here to help Torres" which isn't the way the comment was meant. It's part and parcel of this media witch hunt that surrounds Torres and Chelsea ahead of our games.

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Juan Mata believes that AVB is the right man to lead Chelsea charge for silverware this season and believes you will see us adopt the Porto style of modern attacking football.
I posted yesterday an article stating that Pat Nevin believed we would so the same and Mata has more or less confirmed it.

I for one was astounded to hear about the ridiculous bids being made by Chelsea for Luka Modric. I have said all along that I felt personally that as far as Luka Modric playing for Chelsea is concerned, the jury is out.
It's all well and good being the main man, play maker for Spurs, but to come to Chelsea with the midfielders we have here already and to dominate possession of the ball, to be the main man, its a very different role here.

So can things get any worse? I spend a week in a hospital that doesn't have internet (not that I could have used my fingers with all those tubes sticking out of me) and as soon as i get home I find that Samir Nasri has earned Arsenal another £24m, while his supposed replacement, Juan [...]

Juan Mata was officially unveiled as a Chelsea player yesterday in a move believed to be around £25m. A fantastic signing for the club. We all have had our say on him and what he can bring to the team, but for now, he spoke about the reasons he signed for the club and what he believes he can bring to Chelsea.

Frank Lampard hasn't exactly set the world alight with his two performances in the Premier League this season and as a result I have seen people on here stating that he should be dropped to the bench in place of Benayoun or McEachran.
I just want to point out one thing to the people that are starting to doubt Frank Lampard, people that are jumping on the bandwagon that he is too old and passed it.

Juan Mata hasn't even officially signed for Chelsea until later today but he has already endeared himself to Chelsea fans all over the world. Featured in The SUN this morning, Mata has revealed that Chelsea wasn't the only Premier League club interested in him this summer but for him. He said:

"I want to come to England to win trophies - and that's why I accepted Chelsea's offer.

I posted on here the other day about Chelsea's interest in Juan Mata and added a video of him and exactly what he could do and offer Chelsea. As you can imagine like all of you, I was delighted to see that the club officially announced the agreement in place to sign him with Valencia. The deal is reported to be around £23-24m.

I posted on here the other day about Chelsea's interest in Juan Mata and added a video of him and exactly what he could do and offer Chelsea. As you can imagine like all of you, I was delighted to see that the club officially announced the agreement in place to sign him with Valencia. The deal is reported to be around £23-24m.

Ignore Rudy and the Barca v. Madrid love-in. Check out that little nugget in the bottom left corner of the cover. That's what we need to be concerned with.

Juan on Juan

While today's front of Marca focused on this small matter of a Spanish Super Cup, rightfully so, there was some information on a potential bid from Chelsea for Valencia winger Juan Mata.

Arsene Wenger has already moved to replace Cesc Fabregas with Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder Jadson coming to Arsenal, according to reports. We are on the verge of losing Cesc to Barcelona in a deal worth up to £36million, and it seems AW has wasted no time in trying to secure a replacement.

There are hundreds of Arsenal transfer rumours around in the media, but I prefer to keep an eye on the bookies to see who is being backed to join Arsenal in this transfer window than relying on half made-up transfer news in the papers. Today I have noticed a very big move in the market [...]

Arsenal appear to have blown their chances of signing Juan Mata for a reasonable price after Valencia coach Unai Emery said they would not sell their Spain starlet.

Last week the Gunners were in talks to sign the highly-rated young playmaker, who had a £22 million release clause in his contract that has since expired, meaning any club wanting him may now have to pay significantly more.

The usual talk of Arsenal's youngster's coping with a "rainy Tuesday night in Stoke" could take on a new dimension this coming season as it has been revealed this morning that Nicklas Bendtner's agents have been talking to Tony Pulis abut a move to the Britannia stadium. The Mirror reckons that Stoke are willing to [.

There ae more Arsenal transfer rumours around this evening and it seems that Sky Sports "understands" that both Arsenal and Tottenham are chasing the Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton. This is not the first time the Gunners have been linked with Barton, but this time around it seems that Newcastle have decided that they want him [.

The last month of the transfer window begins with some surprising Arsenal transfer news. It has already been confirmed that the Gunners have made an official opening bid for Everton's Phil Jagielka, and his defensive partner at Goodison Park, Leighton Baines, is not surprised that Wenger is keen on "Jagas".

Well would you believe it! According to reports everywhere, both Arsenal and Tottenham have agreed transfer fees with Valencia for their talented midfielder Juan Mata, and although the players father admitted that they were considering both offers, the player himself would prefer to move to the Emirates.

When the season came to a close, Arsene stated that we needed a bit more strength and experience in the squad, in particular in defence. The old sage has since enlightened us with the fact that he will be busy this summer, this was then refined that most business will be done at the end of July .

This is the roundup of todays Arsenal transfer news and it makes interesting reading as always. It looks like the Fabregas saga is going to come to a head very soon after Pep Guardiola assured his protege that he will do everything to get him to Barcelona, and the Mirror is reporting that Cesc himself [.