Asked if he can see himself finishing his career at United, Mata told ESPN FC: “Why not? I’m 29 and hopefully I can play football for some more years. “It would be great to play until I’m 40 like Ryan Giggs. Now it’s my fourth year in Manchester.”Mata launched his Common Goal project earlier this year that aims to encourage footballers to pledge at least one per cent of their wages to charity. “I like the Common Goal initiative, the vision of football as a tool for social change and the power football has to improve the world.

Source: The Guardian November 23, 2017 15:56 UTC