Juan Mata has lost preponderance in the Manchester United scheme with the passage of time and the arrival of players of the stature of Bruno Fernandes, last January, or Donny van de Beek, this summer. This has caused the Spaniard, who was close to leaving last year before renewing his contract for an extra year, to be placed On the Old Trafford exit ramp, again. According The Sun, Lazio knocks on United's door And it does it twice. First they want to take over Andreas Pereira on loan and, once the loan with the Brazilian is completed, they will go for the Burgos, where appropriate in a permanent transfer.
The Roman team needs creativity in the offensive facet of their machine room and both Mata and Pereira are players who fit the profile they are looking for. A profile that was destined to occupy another Spanish player, David Silva (34 years old). However, the former City player took a last minute swerve and parked his career at the Real Sociedad Reale Arena when he practically had the garage space reserved at the Olympic Stadium in Rome. For this reason, as the British media points out, Simone Inzaghi, technician of the biancocelesti, you are waiting for the operations to complete.
In this season, At 32, Juan has only played one game, was a starter in the victory against Luton (0-3) in the FA Cup, where opened the scoring from the penalty spot. In the rest of the matches, in the Premier, he has not been called up, a fact that confirms how expensive it is to play in one of the most populated areas of the field of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's squad. Gone is the month of January 2014, when United put almost 45 million euros into Chelsea's coffers to make him change London for Manchester. Mata has played 256 games with the elastic of the red devils, in which he has scored 49 goals and given 44 assists.
Pereira, a matter of days
In the case of Andreas Pereira, his operation is imminent, as confirmed by Igli Tare, Lazio's sporting director: “We hope that the deal for Pereira will be completed in the next two or three days”, affirmed Tare this Monday. While Simone Inzaghi has raved about the 24-year-old midfielder: “I love it, it would be perfect for us.” As we said, the intention of the Italian team is to close an assignment with a purchase option.
Pereira arrived in Carrington in 2012, changing the quarry of PSV for that of United and, despite its potential, it has failed to hatch. His assignments at Granada (2016-17) and Valencia (2017-18) have been his only experiences outside of Manchester and Lazio could be a good option to try to rescue a career that, if it continued without enjoying minutes, would end up stagnating. In the football idea of Inzaghi, who is committed to a happy game, both Pereira and Mata have a place.