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If I leave Chelsea, I would be unprofessional ,just because I am not playing does not mean that I don't love Chelsea. I am not leaving.
Juan Mata / Soccer Player
Doe
Leaving
Mean
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If I was 19, 20, 18, and I had the chance to play with first-team players of Manchester United, I will definitely try to take my chance.
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Manchester
Manchester United
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In Spain, they show many Premier League games on TV, and it is an inspirational league. Maybe I would like to play in the Premier League.
Juan Mata / Soccer Player
Inspirational
Premier League
Spain
Premier
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Wherever I go, I see kids playing football. Even if there is no grass and it's just sweaters for goals, you see how people love football.
Juan Mata / Soccer Player
Grass
Sweaters
Wherever
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There are some examples in my career when my family was more concerned than me. So every time I win or I score, I always think about them.
Juan Mata / Soccer Player
Score
Time Family Always
Examples
Family Time Me
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I'm trying to know every part of London, to improve my English and enjoy the football. On my days off, I go to different parts of the city.
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Different Parts
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Football generates a lot of money, but there has to be a social responsibility that goes with that. It can positively affect people's lives.
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Positively
Social Responsibility
Affect
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There's always pressure. People's happiness depends on you; they suffer with you. You get used to it, but you have to know how to handle it.
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Depends
Handle
Suffer
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With respect to the world of football, I earn a normal wage. But compared to 99.9% of Spain and the rest of the world, I earn an obscene amount.
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Obscene
Spain
Compared
Earn
Wage
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I had the luck of being in Madrid. They sign some of the best players in the world, and that really leaves fewer opportunities for young players.
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Fewer
Luck
Madrid
Best World Young
Leaves
Opportunities
Sign
Young Players
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I'll always be proud to say I played at Chelsea, at Valencia, in the youth system at Real Madrid, in the youth system at Real Oviedo, and for United.
Juan Mata / Soccer Player
Chelsea
Madrid
Real Madrid
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A coach depends on whether I take a corner well or finish a chance in front of goal, and really, what influence does he have over this when it happens?
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Depends
Corner
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When I heard of United's interest, I thought, 'Wow.' This is a team that has won a lot of leagues in the history of the Premier League and English league.
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Premier League
Leagues
Premier
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For me, good football is not about how many skills you show or how many players you beat. It's about making the right decision every time you have the ball.
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Right Decision
Time Good Football
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You have to feel free enough to do what your body is telling you to do. Sometimes, though, the pressure of winning and the fear of defeat limit your performance.
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Defeat
Your Body
Limit
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Obviously, Spain is my home, and I have everything here - family, friends - but I'm very happy in England, with the way of life we have and with English football.
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English Football
Spain
Life Family Home
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We have professional football, but we also have a beautiful game which, wherever you go, can be used as a social tool for change. Football has an unmatchable power.
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Football
Professional Football
Wherever
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I can tell you as a Manchester United player how big this club is and how you feel the repercussions of everything you do. It happens to everyone. It happened to me when I came.
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Manchester
Manchester United
Repercussions
Me Feel Everyone
Club
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I consider myself as this kind of attacking midfielder, trying to find the gaps between the opposition midfielders and defenders and produce what the team needs between the lines.
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Attacking
Defenders
Gaps
Lines
Produce
Myself Find Trying
Consider
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My duty, what I have to do, is try my best in every training session, leave everything of me on the pitch. That's how I can go to bed at the end of the day and be happy with myself.
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Session
Best Myself Me
Be Happy
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To be honest, I was never expecting to be in a World Cup final, a Euro final, a Champions League final, a Europa League final. I've done much more than I dreamt, and that's incredible.
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Champions League
Euro
Expecting
World Cup
Champions
Cup
Dreamt
To Be Honest
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Van Gaal is how you see him in the press conferences; he's like that with us, too. He's honest and straightforward. He believes in his style of training and way of preparing for games.
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Conferences
Preparing
Straightforward
Believes
Van
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English football is changing: the champions don't play a 'typical' English style, for example. But in general, it's quicker than in Spain: more counter-attacks, more open, more direct.
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Direct
English Football
Example
Spain
Typical
Champions
Football Style More
For Example
Quicker
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I live in a bubble. Real life is the one my friends live. They've had to look for work, sign on to the dole, and emigrate. That's normal life now. My life as a footballer is not normal.
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Footballer
Normal
Normal Life
Real Life
Life Work Look
Bubble
Dole
Emigrate
Sign
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I've been lucky to be born in Spain to a good family. But some team-mates reached the same position from a tough background. Football is equal, and it doesn't matter where you come from.
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Good Family
Spain
Family Good Football
Reached
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You can stick with one manager and have no wins, no trophies, or you can have so many different managers and win a lot. It comes down to the players, to the desire, and the way the club likes to behave.
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Behave
Desire
Likes
Trophies
Club
Manager
Stick
Wins
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James [Wilson] has a great future ahead of him. Everyone can see he has a great left foot, it's incredible the way he can finish. His touch is good and he is quick as well; he has everything to succeed.
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Feet
Succeed
Way
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If you face the goalkeeper, you have to wait for him to go and then put the ball in the other side. It's easy to say it but not so easy to do it when you are in the 88th minute of a game. So you must practise.
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Practise
Goalkeeper
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Sometimes you look at footballers and think they're selfish or they don't bring a good image to society. But sometimes people underestimate footballers and their capacity to have a strong opinion and sympathy for others.
Juan Mata / Soccer Player
Sympathy
Selfish
Underestimate
Footballers
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If you want to be anonymous, you can go to Soho or Camden, and it's not a problem. There are a lot of Spanish people. If you go to Piccadilly or Oxford Circus, you hear lots of Spanish voices, but I'm not recognised much.
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Camden
Circus
Oxford
People Go Want
Lots
Anonymous
Recognised
Spanish
Voices
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As a child, we would all go to a tiny village near Burgos, and we'd have typical Spanish parties in the summer. There would be a band and grandparents dancing all night dressed up as American Indians and things like that.
Juan Mata / Soccer Player
All Night
Tiny
Typical
Village
American Indians
Dressed
Grandparents
Indians
Near
Spanish
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I always said I was very grateful for Chelsea. I spent an amazing time of my career there, we won a lot of trophies, and I think I became a better player. I have great friends in the club, and I always wish the best for them.
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Chelsea
Grateful
Trophies
Wish
Time Best Great
Amazing Time
Became
Better Player
Best Time Great
Club
Won
Spent
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I see children now, and many things surprise me: they ask me about my boots and why I don't dye my hair. I wonder, 'Why don't you talk to me about how to cross the ball, control it, the position of the body when I strike the ball?'
Juan Mata / Soccer Player
Body
Boots
Position
Surprise
Wonder
Ask
Talk
Ball
Cross
Dye
Strike
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London is a very big city, Manchester is calmer. I live near the training ground, so I do things around there in the countryside, but I really like Manchester's Northern Quarter, where they have nice coffee shops and live music places.
Juan Mata / Soccer Player
Coffee
Countryside
Live Music
London
Manchester
Shops
Training
Big City
Coffee Shops
Ground
Near
Northern
Places
Quarter
Training Ground
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I've tried to improve - defending, attacking, pressing, trying to think before a game, to be more clever, do something before the defender can think of it, to become a better player. That makes me feel good, that hunger to improve in every way.
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Attacking
Clever
Feel Good
Hunger
Good Me Game
Game
Better Player
Good Better Game
Good Better Me
Defender
Good Feel Good Me
Pressing
Tried
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When I signed for Valencia, it wasn't the best moment of my football career because in the beginning, I was not playing a lot. But I remained calm, and I knew that if I trained well and played as I know, I'm sure I can get a place in the first XI.
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In The Beginning
Remained
Signed
Trained
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One of the best things if you are a football player is to see the faces of the kids, when they see you and are dreaming of being like you one day. That's a big responsibility, to be a good image for those kids. A football player is more than just a football player.
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Big Responsibility
Faces
Football
Football Player
One Day
Responsibility
Best Good Responsibility
Best Good Football
Dreaming
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I admire Arsenal and the philosophy that the young players have. Liverpool, with their Spanish players, they also have an incredible squad. And Manchester United and Chelsea are teams that are very big, like Real Madrid and Barcelona, with money and incredible players.
Juan Mata / Soccer Player
Admire
Arsenal
Barcelona
Chelsea
Liverpool
Madrid
Manchester
Manchester United
Philosophy
Real Madrid
Squad
Incredible
Spanish
Teams
Young Players
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For a kid that just played for Oviedo, to then going to play for a team like Real Madrid, it felt fantastic. But being taken out of my family home and moving away alone, into the residence Madrid have for young players, it was a bit difficult. But as time passed, I got used to it.
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Madrid
Moving Away
Real Madrid
Residence
Alone Family Time
Young Players
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I am not so old, but when I started out, we had none of this. We did not have the need to show the things we do and the good life we lead. That is dangerous. Social networks can be very positive because it's a great vehicle to communicate, but perhaps things need to be done in a different way.
Juan Mata / Soccer Player
Communicate
Good Life
Vehicle
Positive Life Good
Networks
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Every player thinks he's Maradona when he joins a big club. That happens to all of us, but then you start to notice it in the younger players. You see kids who think they're rock stars, wearing extravagant clothes and driving fancy cars... and sometimes you have to take them aside and have a word.
Juan Mata / Soccer Player
Extravagant
Fancy
Aside
Notice
Rock Stars
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Obviously, replacing Sir Alex Ferguson was never going to be easy - not for him or for anyone. Although I was with him for only a few months, I'll always be grateful, as he played a key role in my move to United. He was the one who called me, who welcomed me, and the one who gave me the confidence to come here.
Juan Mata / Soccer Player
Confidence
Be Grateful
Easy
Ferguson
Grateful
Months
Always Me Confidence
Although
Anyone
Played
Gave
Obviously
Replacing
Role
Sir
Welcomed
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Real Madrid wanted me to join their academy. It was a big decision to move when I was 15. It's a key age for a youngster, and you're close to your friends and family. But I moved to Madrid, and my family stayed at home. It made me mature earlier than normal. That was a very big decision, and it changed me in a positive way.
Juan Mata / Soccer Player
Positive
Academy
Changed
Decision
Madrid
Mature
Moved
Normal
Real Madrid
Close
Earlier
Friends And Family
Join
Positive Way
Stayed
Youngster
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I think what's surprised me most about the club is to feel that wherever you go, even when you go on holiday to a quiet place, you always find Man Utd supporters. It's something that you do not expect in some countries, yet we have them all around the world. Manchester United is a special and unique club because of its history. No-one has won as many trophies as we have in the English league. That history is something that you cannot buy. I think this club has a lot of great history and I feel very proud to be part of it.
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Country
Holiday
Unique
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