All things being equal

Last week i became a football agent, my old team mate got angry (click here to see why), SAF and Di Canio almost got heart attacks and one Jose Mourinho a.k.a 'the special one' was handed the chance to leave Real Madrid (if rumours are to be believed) with a bang. 

We football fans as 'hardcore' as we are love a fairy tale and the Champions league semi-final ties have given us the chance to witness that. The tie, Real Madrid against Borrusia Dortmund isn't going to be easy for any of the sides but Madrid should scale through and although i think Bayern munich are favourites for the tie against Barcelona, i also think one Lionel Messi will have other ideas.

the only one

So fingers crossed we will be getting an El Clasico Champions league final, presenting Mourinho with the chance to hand Real their tenth (Ten! to think some teams haven't won any, not naming any club) champions league trophy in the best way possible. Mourinho finally doing what he was brought to do (win 'la decima' and knock barca off their perch) will consequently get a third champions league trophy for a third different side. This would put him on a different level as a manager.

In a world where we are constantly asking if we are alone, one thing is sure, Mourinho will be 'the only one'.

But this is just one possible outcome.

Mata...Juan thing is needful

PFA Player of the Year contenders?

19 goals and 24 assists, those are the statistics, Juan Manuel Mata's contribution this season to Chelsea's cause. Unless you are Messi or Ronaldo, those are incredible statistics. But it is said that statistics don't tell the whole story, and for a player with superb ball control, an eye for a pass and technique to execute it, keys used to unlock defenses in Europe and beyond this season, statistics definitely can't describe his artistry on the football pitch.

Mata has been getting a lot of praise but i think he hasn't gotten the amount due him or how do you explain why a player, who has more assists in the last two seasons for Chelsea  than Iniesta and Xavi (masters of the new order) combined for Barcelona, can't get a place on the Spanish team.  
How this world cup winner and champion of Europe for both club and country is not in contention for the PFA footballer of the year award is even more shocking to say the least. He has been just as good if not better  than the front runners for this award.

Robin Van Persie has been  a quality addition to Manchester united , he racked up points for them  early in the season, Tottenham are a much better team with Gareth bale, he has been a joy to watch but only Luiz Suarez is as indispensable to his club as Mata is to Chelsea and even this nut- megging, slaloming genius doesn’t look like winning the award simply because he isn’t liked by those with the powers to vote. I'm not saying that those three players don't deserve to win but surely an award that was giving in the past to a player just because he should have won it before, a player that played only a handful of league games cannot be a yardstick for knowing  the best player in the English Premier League.

Mata is a great player, may  turn out to be one of the greatest that English football will see, even if  'they' don't see it now. What is most important is that he is blue, nothing else matters.