5 things you (probably) didn’t know about Man United’s Juan Mata

Huge tennis fan

29-year-old Mata is a big tennis fan, revealing back in 2013 that he used to play the sport regularly as a youngster before choosing football as his primary focus.

And, unsurprisingly, the midfielder is a fan of 14-times Grand Slam champion and compatriot Rafael Nadal, who he labels a ‘big hero’ in Spain such are his heroics on a tennis court.