Juan Mata: I'll get Fernando Torres firing again
Posted Thursday, August 25, 2011 by The Sun
JUAN MATA has promised to get Chelsea striker Fernando Torres scoring goals again.
The midfielder, 23, completed his £26million switch from Valencia yesterday after agreeing a five-year-deal.
And Torres reckons Mata's move could kick-start his Stamford Bridge career.
Spanish ace Mata revealed this week he had snubbed interest from Arsenal and Tottenham to join the Blues.
And now he wants to help his countryman become more bullish in front of goal and lift silverware in the process.
Mata said: "Fernando got me excited about the thought of coming here.
"He said it would be good for me here and that me and him together could be good."
Mata's arrival will be a huge boost to Torres ? he has struggled to live up to his £50million transfer fee following his move from Liverpool in January. He scored just one goal for the Blues last season and has yet to get off the mark this term.
Mata's fee puts him in the top 10 for transfers paid by an English club.
He will be in contention to make his Blues bow at home to Norwich on Saturday.
And his introduction comes just 24 hours after Chelsea paraded £20m striker Romelu Lukaku and £4.5m midfielder Oriol Romeu.
Mata knows what boss Andre Villas-Boas wants from him in his Blue revolution.
The Spaniard said: "The manager said he wanted Chelsea to play more attacking football this season and that I would be a big part of that.
"Villas-Boas is someone who won almost everything with Porto last year and we are both here with the idea of winning lots this season.
"The plan is that I can play on either flank or even in the middle playing in between the lines of midfield and attack.
"I like to keep the ball and use it well.
"I am an attacking player and, above all, I like to set up goals and score them also.
"I want to adapt as quickly as possible to my new surroundings, my colleagues and this league.
"And I would love to win a trophy in my first season. If it can be the Premier League, then great.
"Right from the first moment there have been good feelings all around me here.
"Training has been great and the players are a great group to train with.
"Valencia was a big club but I have left to join a bigger club and it is all about the opportunity to win trophies and I have that here."
Mata admitted it was difficult to leave the Mestalla but it was time to move on. Valencia have cashed in after snapping up the youngster for nothing from Real Madrid's B team in 2007.
Mata said: "It's a new endeavour in my life, to develop personally and professionally. So I took the most logical decision.
"I spoke with president Manuel Llorente as I wanted to know if the offer was a good help for the club in economic terms.
"I came in at zero cost and I leave a lot of money behind.
"I can only give thanks to the club for trusting in me as a 19-year-old who came over from a Second Division club."
Former Chelsea sporting director Frank Arnesen has raided his old club for a FIFTH time.
Arnesen is now working for German club Hamburg in a similar role.
And he picked up defender Slobodan Rajkovic, 22, for an undisclosed fee yesterday.
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