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Manchester United is delighted to announce that Juan Mata has completed his transfer for a club-record fee of £37.1 million.

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Mata, 25, has 32 caps for the Spanish national team and has played 135 times for Chelsea, scoring 32 goals since signing from Valencia in 2011.

Juan Mata said: "I am thrilled to be joining United. I have enjoyed some very happy years at Chelsea but the time has come for a new challenge. United is the perfect place for me and I am excited at the chance I have to be part of the next phase in the club's history.

"Chelsea is a top club and I have many friends there but you cannot turn down the chance to join Manchester United. I look forward to helping the manager and the team be successful in the coming years."

David Moyes said: "Juan is one of the finest playmakers in the game today and it's a real pleasure to have secured his signature. He's been instrumental in Chelsea's recent success, with a notable 28 assists and 32 goals in his last two Premier League seasons.

"I have been impressed with the excitement he has shown to be part of the new Manchester United. I know our fans have admired Juan for some time now – he has always played well against us – and I know they will be delighted to see him in the red of United, starting on Tuesday."

YES! Welcome Juan Mata:):D:cool::dance::thumb:.

Class words.

bbfan1991

25-01-2014 09:22 PM

VIDEO: Missed Mata’s interview on #MUTV? You can watch an extract on our website: http://bit.ly/1la1Uel #mufcmata pic.twitter.com/ZJPTogzfiT

And here's the full text transcript of #MUTV's first interview with @JuanMata10: http://bit.ly/1hxFH4w

bbfan1991

25-01-2014 09:27 PM

http://blogs.grada360.com/juanmata/e...uchas-gracias/

Mata's heartfelt letter to the Chelsea fans, what a likeable and humble guy, but I did like his indirect at the club and Jose though. He did what he felt is best for his career and that was to take up the offer of first team Football at United!

bbfan1991

25-01-2014 09:37 PM

Moyes: More to follow Mata

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David Moyes is determined to build an exciting team and insists Juan Mata is the "first of many more" new signings to arrive at Manchester United.

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The diminutive midfielder was captured for a club-record fee from Chelsea on Saturday and while speaking to MUTV afterwards, the boss revealed that Reds supporters can look forward to even more arrivals.

“I want to build an exciting team,” Moyes explained on Saturday. “That’s always the way I’ve wanted my football to be played and I’ve not known it any other way.

“I want to win and give the supporters something to shout about because I’ve not done that often enough. What I will say is that this is the first of many more to come in time. I’m looking forward to Juan being the start of it.”

When asked if United will sign another player in January, Moyes was cautious but remained optimistic: “I don’t think we’ll have any more in January. I’m still working on it and looking to do things – we know exactly what we’d like to do and if it changes in the last week, which sometimes it can do, then we’ll try. I hope it will be the first of some new signings that will arrive, but more likely in the summer.

Good interview by David Moyes talking about how United were first interested in Juan Mata and the work it took in getting him and he also seems more confident and determined in general and also positive about the clubs future!

Brother Leon

25-01-2014 09:41 PM

Truly is hilarious seeing the reaction to the Mata transfer. So man Arsenal and Liverpool fans on twitter and radio desperate to say their own players are better. You can tell so many people must of thought United were going to fall off completely and have to start settling for Charlie Adam transfers under Moyes.

Let's hope Juan can give RVP some much needed supply. RVP was banging them in with close to little supply..imagine now :amazed:

bbfan1991

25-01-2014 09:47 PM

Rooney, RVP, Mata and Januzaj will be frightening. I do think that Mata will try and bring out the best of players like Welbeck, Kagawa, Hernandez, Cleverley and Nani etc when they play too!

What a signing and boost for the club, he'll give us the creativity we need. Yes we're still short in CM and need more quality there when the time comes and the right player is available, but for now I shall enjoy this news!

bbfan1991

25-01-2014 09:57 PM

Manchester United ‏@ManUtd
@juanmata10 Let's do this!

:dance:

bbfan1991

25-01-2014 10:00 PM

Mata said that DDG was texting him over the last 5-6 days asking when and how he was coming to United and asking if he was coming by helicopter or bicycle.

Agent David De Gea, class:):joker:.

Pleased he has a Spanish buddy at the club and this will make him more settled at United than he already is now!

bbfan1991

26-01-2014 10:21 PM

Manchester United keep Chelsea at arm's length before Mata transfer

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Blues fail to engage United in direct negotiation over Spaniard due to Old Trafford fears about Wayne Rooney's future

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Perhaps the most intriguing part of the long, complex process that finally led to a helicopter carrying Juan Mata arriving at Manchester United's training ground on Saturday is that a £37.1m deal can be arranged without as much as a telephone call between the clubs. Several months of positioning, mutual suspicion and political bargaining, and everything was done without a single word being exchanged in person.

Chelsea certainly tried. On more than one occasion, a message reached Ed Woodward, United's chief executive, that the relevant people at Stamford Bridge were open to sitting at the other side of the negotiating table. Each time, he politely declined. Everybody in football knows Chelsea want to sign Wayne Rooney and Woodward reasoned that it would be virtually impossible to keep them sweet on Mata while also informing them they could forget about anything happening the other way.

Instead, the background to the Mata deal is a case study about how complicated and sensitive these big-money arrangements can be, and an insight into the high influence of agents in the modern business. Without them, both clubs recognise the chances of the deal going through were nonexistent. Seven different agents approached United since August to say they could make it happen. As it turned out, they used Mata's father, Juan senior, and Colin Pomford, a Madrid-based agent who specialises in Spanish business going back to Steve McManaman's time at Liverpool and, later, the Rafael Benítez era.

What has never come out before is that United first heard Mata was open to leaving Chelsea, and keen on moving to Manchester, late in the August transfer window, after he had picked up strong vibes from José Mourinho that he would be used only sparingly. Woodward never actively followed it up because of the Rooney situation. He did, however, establish that David Moyes liked the player.

Their next information – after the window closed – was that Mata was so unhappy he had been to see the top people at Chelsea, among them Roman Abramovich, and been given a verbal agreement that if he carried on being left out of the team, and maintained his professionalism, he would be allowed to leave in January. Chelsea would later harden that into a written agreement that included a €45m buyout and – possibly still thinking about the Rooney issue – one proviso: that the figure could not be activated by United.

That could easily have been the end of the deal. Except Mata and his father went back to Stamford Bridge, once it became clear there was interest from Old Trafford, and asked for the condition to be removed. One of the people involved in the negotiations has told this newspaper that Mata and Abramovich are "almost like friends". Mata had kept to his side, bar one fit of pique after being substituted, and Abramovich respected that.

Chelsea gave him a verbal promise, but nothing in writing, and then sent a message, via Pomford, that maybe it was time the two clubs met face to face. Woodward said no. He simply did not want to risk changing the temperature by getting involved in any talks about Rooney and, with nothing in writing, he was not willing to take any chances about the price suddenly going up.

A separate message came back to United that Chelsea would welcome an official bid on a specific day. Woodward declined again. Instead, his lawyers faxed through a "transfer agreement" informing Chelsea that United had met the buy-out clause and would pay the money, as stipulated, in three parts.

But the game of cat and mouse continued. Chelsea indicated again they wanted to talk and would even let Mata travel to Manchester to take his medical. Except Woodward knew, again, that Rooney would crop up and potentially kibosh the whole deal. "He couldn't risk it," according to one source. So he sat tight, while Mata and the relevant agents went to work behind the scenes. Then Mourinho went public that Mata could leave and that was always going to speed up the process. Finally, the deal was closed on Saturday.

For Woodward, it is the biggest coup of his time in charge at Old Trafford. United have been accused of panic-buying and maybe, in light of the new detail, that is an unfair slant to put on it. The club had, however, advised journalists to "ignore" any speculation about Mata earlier in January, and sources say they still felt as recently as Tuesday that it was far more likely to happen, if at all, in the summer.

If Mata still feels like a strange buy, it is largely because Moyes has insisted for several months that all he wants is a central midfielder and a left-back. Questions about Mata were knocked back on the basis United already had Wayne Rooney and Shinji Kagawa for the No10 position, in line with the club's explanation for not challenging Arsenal for the signature of Mesut Özil.

So why Mata and not Özil? Timing, basically. Özil was offered to United in the first week of the summer transfer window, but Moyes had barely seen Kagawa at that point and wanted to learn more about a player about whom Sir Alex Ferguson had left glowing reports. As it has turned out, Kagawa has been disappointing. United, however, would prefer to keep him for now, not least because Mata is ineligible in the Champions League.

Interesting and fascinating read about what apparently went on behind the scenes to secure the Mata deal!

Credit to Edward Woodward for how he operated if this is true.

bbfan1991

26-01-2014 10:22 PM

Daniel Taylor ‏@DTguardian
Other #MUFC news. Club have turned down offer from PSG for Adnan Januzaj in current window.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/...-adnan-januzaj …

bbfan1991

26-01-2014 10:23 PM

Wayne Rooney given special access to Manchester United's transfer secrets

• Rooney now in contract talks with Manchester United
• David Moyes' approach in sharp contrast to Sir Alex Ferguson's

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Wayne Rooney was persuaded to change his mind about leaving Manchester United after being given the kind of privileged access to the club's spending plans that Sir Alex Ferguson had previously denied him, the Guardian can reveal.

Rooney was given advance notice about the £37.1m deal to sign Juan Mata and has also spoken at length to the manager, David Moyes, and the chief executive, Ed Woodward, about their vision of the club under the Glazer family's ownership, in complete contrast to what happened when Ferguson was in charge.

The England striker has been trusted with transfer-market information and kept in the loop about possible signings in a move that acknowledges his importance to the club and a recognition, at the highest level within Old Trafford, that a player of Rooney's stature deserves to know whether a team who have been struggling all season have the financial muscle and ambition to put it right.

The change in tack has had immediate success after Rooney let United know he is open to the idea of extending his contract, which runs out at the end of next season, rather than persisting with his attempts to force a move to Chelsea. Talks are to be held in the next week and the initial noises have been so positive United are quietly optimistic it will end in the player signing a long-term deal that will give him the chance to overtake Sir Bobby Charlton as the club's record scorer, with 249 goals.

Rooney, currently on 208, had previously indicated he was concerned about the club's ambitions when he put in a transfer request in October 2010, prompting Ferguson to make it very clear that the player had no right expecting to be involved at that level.

"I told him that to say we weren't ambitious was nonsense," Ferguson says in his latest autobiography. "Wayne said that we should have pursued Mesut Özil. My reply was that it was none of his business who we should have gone for. I told him it was his job to play and perform." David Gill, Woodward's predecessor, left the same message with Rooney and the striker's adviser, Paul Stretford.

The new regime has taken a softer approach and has been happy to speak to Rooney about player acquisitions, not least to allay his obvious concerns at a time when United are seventh in the Premier League and clearly in need of a makeover.

While United would not ordinarily discuss transfers with players, the discussions show an understanding on their part that it would be self-defeating to keep him out of it. Rooney is understood to have appreciated the VIP treatment, without pushing the boundaries too far. He is aware that United will refuse point-blank to do business with Chelsea and, despite José Mourinho's recent comments about him probably being sold abroad, the player has no great desire to move countries.

His relationship with Ferguson had disintegrated during their final season together but that issue is no longer relevant and, importantly, Rooney has expressed his satisfaction about the working conditions Moyes and his coaching staff have put in place. United have also shown a willingness to reward him financially, with reports of the deal being worth £300,000 a week. It may actually be below that figure but Rooney will have a testimonial as part of the agreement and the figures are still significant for a player who will turn 30 next year. Rooney can also expect to be made captain at some point in the next few years.

Mata, in line to make his debut against Cardiff City on Tuesday, is expected to be the only major arrival at Old Trafford in the January window despite their extensive search for new players. United's information is that Luke Shaw, the Southampton left-back, would prefer a move to Chelsea and the club's scouting of Internazionale's Fredy Guarín has left them unsure about exactly how good the midfielder is.

In the meantime Wilfried Zaha's wretched first six months at Old Trafford, not starting a single Premier League match since his £10m move from Crystal Palace, will see him leave the club on loan in the next few days. Cardiff City have beaten off competition from a long list of clubs, and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's links with Old Trafford have also helped the Welsh club negotiate a transfer for Fábio da Silva.

bbfan1991

27-01-2014 03:13 PM

Mata squad number revealed

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Manchester United's club-record signing Juan Mata will wear the no.8 shirt.

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Mata completed his move to Old Trafford from Chelsea late on Saturday night, having flown in by helicopter to the Aon Training Complex earlier in the day.

The Spain international has trained with his new team-mates for the last two days and fans could see him for the first time in a United shirt against Cardiff on Tuesday evening.

"I think no.8 is a great number," said Mata at an unveiling press conference at the Aon Training Complex on Monday.

"I like the number. I know seven is iconic here. I was speaking with David [Moyes] about it and we decided eight is a good number for me. Hopefully it will bring me luck."

The Reds' no.8 shirt was previously worn by Anderson, who made his debut for loan club Fiorentina at the weekend.

Class act. So it's Juan Mata #8.

bbfan1991

27-01-2014 03:15 PM

Rooney, RvP and Fellaini all train

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Manchester United boss David Moyes has been given another boost as Wayne Rooney, Robin van Persie and Marouane Fellaini all took part in training today (Monday) ahead of Tuesday’s Barclays Premier League match with Cardiff City at Old Trafford.

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The United manager also said new signing Juan Mata trained with the squad for the first time and he will decide on the Spaniard’s inclusion on the day of the game.

Rooney has suffered from an adductor muscle injury in his groin and has been out of action since the 2-1 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur on 1 January.

Van Persie (thigh) has been absent since the 1-0 Champions League win over Shakhtar Donetsk on 10 December, and Fellaini, sidelined initially with a back injury and then by wrist surgery, last played six days before that in the 1-0 loss to his former club Everton.

The return of key high-profile squad members, added to the arrival of Mata, puts an optimistic outlook on the coming weeks and months as Moyes' men look to climb up the league table.

Great news, glad to have them back:):D.

bbfan1991

27-01-2014 03:17 PM

Rooney link-up excites Mata

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Juan Mata is enthusiastic about linking up with Wayne Rooney for the first time, a player he describes as one of England's all-time greats.

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Manchester United's new record buy trained alongside the striker ahead of the visit of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's Cardiff City on Tuesday and is hoping for the chance to strike up a combination on the pitch.

"I can't wait to play alongside him," enthused Mata. "For me, he's one of the best players in the history of this country. He can score, he can assist and he can come deep to the midfield to take the ball.

"I think I'll enjoy playing alongside him. I'll try to connect with him as much as I can. I'll try to find gaps as I think that's my best kind of play - to try to assist the strikers."

Meanwhile, David Moyes stressed there is no official news on Wayne Rooney's contract talks, following reports that the striker is willing to commit his long-term future to United.

"I've left that to Ed [Woodward] and Wayne and his advisors," explained Moyes. "We'll give you an update at the right time. The right time to speak about Wayne's contract is at that time - whenever that comes around. If you want to talk about his performances, I can do. But I can't talk to you about both of them [his contract and performances] together."

Me too Juan:cool::amazed:.

bbfan1991

27-01-2014 03:19 PM

Mata admires Reds' character

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Juan Mata has admitted that he was attracted to Manchester United because of the club’s character and history.

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The Spanish midfielder has joined the Reds from Chelsea and was officially unveiled as a United player during a press conference at the Aon Training Complex on Monday.

While addressing a number of issues, including the announcement that he will wear the no.8 shirt, Mata spoke brilliantly about the club's illustrious past and the Reds' reputation for overcoming the odds.

"What I like the most about this club is the character," Mata said. "It would be very difficult for us to come back and take the first position but this is the club that could do that. They fight to the end and that's the image I have of them. They always try to win titles; they fight until the end and come back from difficult moments."

Expanding on his point, Mata added: "I want to show the football I have inside me. That's what I want to do. I think the team is good, the squad is good. This season they've had some unlucky moments. I hope from now until the end of the season we win as many games as we can."

Mata has joined United in the middle of a difficult season with the Reds currently seventh in the Barclays Premier League, 14 points off the top. However, the World Cup winner is confident that his new team-mates can turn things around in the coming months.

"This is a massive club," the 25-year-old explained. "The training ground, the fans and the club - everything is massive and I'm glad to be here. In the history of the Premier League, they're the team who have won the most trophies. I think it will be great.

"I like the pressure. I think it's good to try and improve when you have pressure - people are expecting big things from me and I'm looking forward to trying to do that and make all these amazing fans happy."

Now, having come through the hectic 48 hours that preceded Monday's unveiling, Mata is keen to start his new life with United: "The history of the club, the players in the squad and the welcome was unbelievable for me.

"Coming here by helicopter, the welcome from the staff, the players and the fans on social media has been unbelievable. Now I just want to play and try my best for the team to give this confidence back.”

What a classy guy:worship:.

bbfan1991

27-01-2014 03:22 PM

Mata has wrote on the blog he does every week for the first time about joining United and he has now changed his Twitter account to @juanmata8, now he is wearing the 8 shirt for United!

Awesome things he said..

http://blogs.grada360.com/juanmata/en/

:)

Brother Leon

27-01-2014 03:25 PM

FFS. Need to change the avatar then.

AnnieK

27-01-2014 03:25 PM

Finally starting to feel a bit excited about United again...

bbfan1991

27-01-2014 03:57 PM

United spending big in the Summer too apparently according to David Moyes!

bbfan1991

27-01-2014 06:25 PM

Moyes promises squad changes

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David Moyes insists the £37.1million signing of Juan Mata represents his unrelenting ambition and desire to achieve success with Manchester United.

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Mata has joined for a club-record fee and was officially unveiled as the Reds' new no.8 at a press conference on Monday. Speaking afterwards, the boss outlined why this deal is just part of his long-term vision and hinted at further acquisitions.

Moyes also explained he won’t stand for the disappointing form that has seen United exit two domestic cup competitions and lose considerable ground in the title race this term.

“I am not going to accept it,” the boss said. “I am disappointed we are not in a much stronger position. I am disappointed with how we have played. I ultimately take the rap for that – and I will do. But what I will do is make it right. I am going to get better players in. There will be more.

“Unfortunately, I don't think there will be more in January. But it will change. We will change and alter it around. I have said many times, I have given every player the opportunity to play and show what they can do. We have nearly done that now.

“The summer transfer window wasn't a good one for us. I was only just in the job. We were getting to know everyone and we had a new chief executive as well. I was getting to know the players and the squad. We have now had a pretty good chance to have a look at it. We have to start making some changes and we will try to make that happen.”

Sounds promising! I like that David Moyes is more confident and determined, he could change things round and this is a signal of faith/time in him.

bbfan1991

27-01-2014 06:58 PM

Ole cool before reunion

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Manchester United legend Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will keep his emotions in check when he returns to Old Trafford as Cardiff City manager on Tuesday night.

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The former striker has had a tough start to his reign as boss of the Bluebirds, who have slipped to the foot of the Barclays Premier League following his appointment in the wake of Malky Mackay’s controversial dismissal by the Welsh club.

Solskjaer has yet to lead his side to three points in the league, but two hard-fought wins in the FA Cup, most recently at Bolton on Saturday, have put Cardiff into the fifth round.

Of his return to the ground he graced in over a decade of outstanding service to the Reds, the Norwegian said: “It’s the best place to go and play football, so of course I am really looking forward to it and so are the players.

"When you are a young kid, you dream about playing at the top level and I’m sure my players dreamt about playing at Old Trafford. We’ll go out there and give it a go with lots of energy and enthusiasm, and enjoy the game.

“Three points, of course, is what it means to us. We can’t say we are going to go there and win, but we will put in a performance that we can be proud of, and come back home with no regrets. That’s all I ask of the players.”

Despite his illustrious United career, which also included two years in charge of the reserves following his playing retirement, the 40-year-old revealed he had not seen managing a team against his old club as something that would have happened so soon.

“It’s not been an ambition, it’s sort of been an unrealistic dream,” added Solskjaer, who guided Molde to two Norwegian league titles after leaving United’s coaching staff.

“The former manager I had always installed into us: ‘dream big, dream maybe unrealistic’ as you never know, one day it might happen. For me to play at Manchester United was never in my wildest dreams, but now I’m going back there as a manager.”

Despite the time that has passed since his departure for Norway, Solskjaer is hopeful that his knowledge of all things United will work to his advantage when it comes to business on Tuesday night.

“I know the club, I know the mind-set of the place obviously, so I’ll go into this more prepared than for different stadia. I’m not too emotional. I got used to it by playing there for 11 years, I was used to the crowds. When I’m there, I’m working for 90 minutes, plus injury time probably!”

Nice words by Ole, but hopefully United beat his club tomorrow!

bbfan1991

27-01-2014 07:55 PM

Fabio and Zaha set for Cardiff

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Manchester United duo Fabio and Wilfried Zaha are poised to complete moves to Cardiff City.

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Manager David Moyes confirmed the deals are in the pipeline after Bluebirds boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer revealed the Brazilian is already training with his new club while the finishing touches to a loan switch for Zaha are being discussed in the next 24 hours.

Neither player will be eligible to feature in Tuesday's Barclays Premier League fixture between the clubs.

"We're delighted for Fabio because he has been a great servant," explained Moyes to MUTV. "His brother is doing a great job for us here as well.

"We wish him well. He had one or two options but, in the end, we felt we couldn't get him enough games. I said to the players, if you feel I'm not getting you enough games, come and see me. Fabio felt that so he's got a move to Cardiff.

"With Wilfried Zaha, I'd said to him during the summer that we wanted to get him games. If he played, then great, but if he couldn't, we'd get him out on loan. We had one or two offers for him but just felt Cardiff, at this moment in time, might be the right club. With Ole going there as well, he knows how the club works here and exactly what we do with the players so hopefully it will be a good move for Wilf."

Good luck to them both:).

bbfan1991

28-01-2014 03:38 PM

Yorke surprised by Ole

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Dwight Yorke admits he is surprised Ole Gunnar Solskjaer turned to management in his retirement but is certain his former Manchester United team-mate will receive a rapturous reception at Old Trafford on Tuesday.

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The Cardiff City boss returns to his former club for the first time as a rival manager after moving from Molde to succeed Malky Mackay.

Although Sir Alex Ferguson noted how Solskjaer would analyse games from the substitutes' bench, fellow Treble-winner Yorke confesses he did not envisage coaching being a future career for his former team-mate.

"I didn't see it as a player," he told ManUtd.com. "I didn't see that happening to him. Clearly, he had other ideas. He is a very cool, calm and collected person. There will be no ranting and raving like other managers with Ole. I wish him every success as he's a great guy and, hopefully, he can be a good manager in the future."

Yorke believes the focus will still be on accruing three important points once the first whistle sounds despite the respect that will be paid to the Norwegian. In the wake of the Capital One Cup exit to Sunderland, the supporters' priority will be backing the team for 90 minutes rather than saluting a returning hero.

"Undoubtedly, he will get a great reception," added the Tobagan during the Trophy Tour presented by DHL. "I think that will be the case but we need to get more points in the bag. Ex-players go back and get a warm reception but it soon turns around straight after that. We welcome them in but need the three points."

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