273 appearances. 51 goals, 47 assists, 4 trophies at Manchester United for Juan Mata. He was known for being a player who plays at his best at number 10 when Utd bought him from Chelsea in 2014. In his first 2 seasons at Chelsea he got 86 goals and assists in 118 appearances but Manchester United managers wasted his best years on the right wing! Juan Mata has just been happy to play for the club and for that alone he’s an absolute legend for me!
Mata has iniesta potential but was just wasted in the hands of wrong managers. Watch his goals, assist nd way he crosses ball u will know this man was spectacular his finishing is excellent nd style of play was real spanish. No wonder man utd fans always love him
Juan Mata. I knew it will never happen. To see u retire with Red Devils. But i always hope it will happen until it was reveal end of last season. Thanks for every wonderful moment.
He was such a boss at Chelsea. Just a shame Mou came in and prefered Oskar over him. At United they completely misused him. They played with Rooney as their 2nd striker but kept on buying number 10s and played them out of position. Kagawa, then Mata, then Mikitaryan, Pogba (which they used in a double pivot). The result was that Mata mostly played on the wing where he can't bring in his strengths
Class player, but unfortunately that he played on the right instead of on the center. If he played center position for seven years, his number of goals and assists must be higher.
