It has been broiling under the covers for some time, but José Mourinho has finally confirmed that Oscar is his first choice No 10. This comes as a major blow to Juan Mata, who has played just 145 minutes of football this season. It was widely thought that Mata’s absence from the first-team was down to the player recovering from a pre-season injury, while he has also played football without a break for the past two years.
The 25-year-old was constantly linked with the likes of Manchester United and Paris St Germain in the summer. Once again, it has been proved that there is no smoke without fire after Mourinho’s latest admission.
According to the Guardian, Mourinho said:
“The way I’m reading the situation and the reasons why, in this moment, he’s not playing so much are things I can speak about with him, but not publicly
“In this moment, Oscar is my No10. I have to prove to the fans that I am good. Now [Mata] must do the same.
“I want to build with Oscar as my No10. I want the other two players, from the side, to adapt to that reality and learn how to do things they were not ready to do before.
“[Mata will play regularly] only when [he] adapts to what we want.”
It is no secret that Mourinho is a defensive a manager. He may say that he wants Chelsea to play attacking football, but his priorities will be to stop the team from conceding goals. This is where the problem seems to come.
Some of the best football must have played at Chelsea came when he was playing as the No 10. Based on Mourinho’s comments, it appears that Mata is not happy playing on the wings. He is also not happy being told to track back. Oscar is not a wide midfielder and it does not make sense to use him out there.
Whatever it is, Mourinho does not seem to like Mata, and it has become official now. The Spaniard faces a tough battle to get back into the team. Will he do that or request a transfer in January given that this is a World Cup year? You can’t help but feel sorry for the little Spaniard.
Elo mr coach why are u doing like a baby u no the right thing pls do it 4 god sake or u want to distror dis club na bt god we nt make ur wish come true ooo
Jose should stop ds madness dat oscar s his no.10 rather than mata, s nt dat oscar s nt gud bt mata playz dat wing better than oscar
Jose should stop ds madness dat oscar s his no.10 rather than mata, s nt dat oscar s nt gud bt mata playz dat wing better than oscar in al mata should be used as our no.10. Thanks
Mour b warned mata z a gud passa bt oscar play individual football nd chelsea dnt need dat plz stp ur hatered ova mata
Jose do whatever u like i know u are d best coach in dis world leave those who are criticise u alone but i know the the would come dat everyone will u see what u are doing. Still have faith in u, best coach in the world
I surport mourinho’s decision, both Mata and Oscar are good mildfielder’s but Mata dosn’t return back to mark
U ar mad mourinho hw cud u du sotch a thing lake dat
Mou pls don’t do dis” mata is the club’s num 10
Jose all wot u are sayin na story du wot u can du to mak d chelsea term be d best and win games, mak fans hapi we hav tyed of loosin pls.
dats not a right thing to do 4 the team now. Better start him in ur matches.
One more loose and you’ll loose the whole cfc fans..Mr mourinho…mata is a mid field wizard..mind you!
mourinho u sick in da mind.i wish u didnt turn up.
Shatap!!al u ya little fake of chelsea fans..jst watch me do my coachin stlye…hahahaha
Is a pity Mata is facing this trouble. Mourinho can not change and will remain Mourinho who does what he likes. Now he is inviting Abramovchi with this kind of decision which is an indication of the fact that he wants to go defensive when the need be. Mata is a better 10 than Oscar but is clear Mourinho dosen’t like Mata.If he let’s Roman in, hahaha! We all know what will happen. By the way, Mourinho must remember he was an alternative to Roman’s first choice brought in because of fans. Why would he remove Roman’s favourite player because he lacks defensive ability?
Oscar nd mata playd regularly last season….nd our game was beautiful…..so i see no damn f***ing reason y 1 shuld b sacrificied 4 d oda! Pronto!
chelsea why
A club is gud is d coach,d players are hapi nd playin well is d fans. Pls mou be in gud term wit ur plays bcus d manager is gud is d undastndin wit d players he is managin nt makin mouth on hw 2 win or lose matches.we nid win nd pls do as u were called wit ur past glorys. Save our team CFC.
Both players ar gud but mata is better in da position, he gives true pass, W̶̲̥̅̊h̶̲̥̅̊γ̲̣̣̥ wud he defend we we av d likes of mikel nd a solid back 4 we can rely on? It seems Ūя̲̅ going mad mr mour,,,,, Ūя̲̅ sack letter is ready for Ūя̲̅ information, any little mistake, we done wit u. Idiot
mourinho pls use our best 4 us make sure u did nt change our team use old boys for us b4 de new ones.
Can Mourinho be here next season? I doubt it. Roman brought him because of fans and not because he wants Mourinho. Now Mourinho is looking for trouble and people are watching. When Roman acts, nobody should blame him. Myself, am not a fan of m
Mourinho’ style of football.
See dis usless coach,how coach wil av mata and oscar in d same team be playin oscar for no 10 and mata for wing how cud u compare oscar to mata very diferent ,mata av everytin dan oscar.dat while gadiola is a great coach’whil dis usles coach mou,bct u and spain players av misundastanding at real madrid and these players are very very talented,may allah let u lose today againt fulham so u will be getin sacked immediately.we dont lyk u enymore and ur football tatics defensive ball wrong atterking football is on point.bye for now
See dis usless coach,how coach wil av mata and oscar in d same team be playin oscar for no 10 and mata for wing how cud u compare oscar to mata very diferent ,mata av everytin dan oscar.dat while gadiola is a great coach’whil dis usles coach mou,bct u and spain players av misundastanding at real madrid and these players are very very talented,may allah let u lose today againt fulham so u will be getin sacked immediately.we dont lyk u enymore and ur football tatics defensive ball wrong atterking football is on point.bye for now
mata is our no10 not 4rm the bench.
Anonymous, u have a point. Mourinho could be bent on punishing Mata because of his hatred for Spanish football. Torres also not getting the support he promised. Cesear never played under him yet. Mourinho pls drop the sentment if this is what is actually going on.
what i know is that MOU. Sld talk to MATA that he need to strong small on d ball bcs MATA didnot strong at all u can see MESSI vr strong and physical
Morio is a gud coach bt i dnt no reason why morhio using osca instead of mata, mata is our best playa in last season. Moriho why u keep playa lyk mata on d bench pls and pls moriho dnt destroyed our team bf u go. Infact if arsen wenger av sm quality playa lyk mata anoda thing wl happen
Who ar doz abusin Morinho, u ppl must b sick, cant u see dt Oscar scores, n mata scores also, Oscar mark, mata dosent mark, Oscar hav technics mor dan mata, but am nt criticizin hm, mata ‘s stil d numba 10, but check Madrid lst season, al playaz mark, even ozil, Dimaria, higuain, even Ronaldo, Mata shud do wt Mourinho ask hm 2 do, cnt u see Willian against Basel wt he did, didnt u watch Mikel against Everton, bt hw abt mata, he didnt improve, beta shud up til d end of d season, lets see wt hapen b4 u start insultin our Belove coach, ‘D HAPI ONE’ rememba, Result terminate insult,
Mourino is finish he as ntin to offer.the earlier is sacked the betta for chelsea.D fans says dey prefer mourino to benites nw they will regret it and no dat notin is special about morino, he is jus a big foul.
Let api One droP oscar deeP n play Mata as No 10. Dat z oscar/mikel orRamireZ. Willian n hazard 4 flank, mata No 10 n eto 9. Winnin ill b our portion….
Mourinho is finished he as ntin to offer. azpilicueta was our full no2 last season(spain)today is on the bench.torres perform endin of last season(spain) today is on the bench.mata was our best player since he arrive(spain) today is on the bench. he hates spain.and we all chelsea fans we hate u.I pray u lost the next seven matches and be sacked.stubip man.I use to luv u but now I hate u with passion.U ar D Worst tin dat happen to chelsea.CHElsea til I die
I support what all this guys saying. Pls work on it. Thank you morinho