It's Official - The Juan Mata Thread

Teams will hold off until they see him back playing.

 

Maybe if we're selling at top dollar, which were not.

 

Sending you birthday hugs, @JuanMata8! pic.twitter.com/zdOt9GLQJV

— Manchester United (@ManUtd) April 28, 2017

 

Sheer brilliance from birthday boy @JuanMata8! pic.twitter.com/On3CNhHisA

— Manchester United (@ManUtd) April 28, 2017

 

Juan Mata will donate 1% of his wages to charity and has called on his fellow professionals to follow suit 👏 https://t.co/WNLf37Cbc9 pic.twitter.com/NwKBHTPZx2

— B/R Football (@brfootball) August 4, 2017

 

Juan Mata out to transform football and the world one per cent at a time

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/aug/04/juan-mata-transform-football-donate-salary

 

Why is Mata giving back.

www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/10973588/juan-matas-common-goal-why-man-utd-midfielder-is-giving-back

 

An entire percent? Wow.

 

I think the idea is to get other players on board with this. You can't start too high or else it will ward off players from donating.

1% of his annual salary is around 85K per year, which is still substantial at the end of the day, especially when grouped together with 1% from other players.

 

I'm not making any excuses for their stingy assess. 1% of my income is far more important to me than 1% of his income is to him. After all, there is only so much you can spend on. Still, I donate 12-15% of my income. I'm not wealthy and not likely to be either, donating 1% means something to the charities of course, but it says something about the man too and it isn't what his PR firm tells him it says.

He could be like Drogba and not pay a firm to look like a nice guy and actually do work.

 

Differences in outlook, I guess.

 

Who says he's not donating to other charities? It's 1% to one charity.

 

That's a pretty cynical way to look at it. Of course you never know for sure but all evidence indicates Mata is a genuinely charitable guy with both his money and time. As Rooney20 says this is what he's donating to one charity, it's likely he's donating to others as well.

I do think the media is focusing too much on his donation, which I agree isn't that significant to him in itself. The real point is him trying to convince others to join him. If his goal really is something bigger, 1% is actually a smart place to start.

Drogba's charity isn't exactly a squeaky clean example.

 

Drogba built a hospital, got warring factions to come to the table to negotiate peace. The man is a fuxking legend.

 

I don't do any percent on my own but 2% of my income is "forcibly" donated to charity.

I think the idea would be to get football to a similar stage.

 

He's charitable but his role in bringing peace is overstated. You want a true legend look at Manute Bol.

 

I only said he got them to the table. I'm not actually mad at Mata, I was just poking fun at the press coverage and campaign for doing the least you can do.

 

George Weah was another footballer who did a lot for his country (mainly involving the sport). The dude basically funded his national team for years.

 

Juan Mata and his work with Common Goal.

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/man-utd-news-juan-mata-13755998

 

The Guardian footballer of the year 2017: Juan Mata

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jan/01/guardian-footballer-of-the-year-2017-juan-mata

 

United have picked up the option on Mata's contract for next year.

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/man-utd-contract-juan-mata-14217360

 

It is possible that the addition of Sanchez may help rather than hurt Mata. If and when Mourinho decides 433 is best and Lingard's form cools, Mata playing as the AM or even alongside Pogba as the RCM with Matic deep, may be a set up that favours the Spaniard. For starters, he'd be the forgotten man in that set up. Free to cycle possession and let others create, ghosting in to capitalize occasionally.

 

i've been wondering myself about mata playing the poor man's david silva role...

 

He is not a poor man's David Silva. You just see him out wide not being able to run that is why.