“I will leave with the feeling that Iniesta also won the League”

Juan killed, who played for Valencia from 2007 to 2011, is looking for a new team. The Spanish midfielder, after his contract with January with Vissel Kobewho won the league with him, assured that he is not thinking about retirement and is currently training in London while waiting for a call from a club.

The Asturian footballer, world champion in 2010 and the Euro Cup in 2012 with the Spanish team, was present at the Financial Times finance and football summit and spoke to EFE about his future in football.

“I have acquaintances here and since I’m in London these days, I took the opportunity to go and see what’s going on in the football industry,” he explained. Mata, who is free after winning the league in Japan.

“I haven’t left football and I’m not thinking about retiring. I’m training here in London and I’ve just played in Japan, where the truth is it’s a unique experience. Culturally, it’s very different and on a sporting level, because I managed to win the league and it was a great end to my experience there. Andrés (Iniesta) also won. For me it is very emotional to be part of the team of Andrés, one of my idols as usual, and in such a way as to share the victory with him.

Bushwith the past at Valencia, Chelsea and Manchester United among others, has been training these weeks in London, thanks to the help of some personal trainers.

“I am preparing and taking time to decide where I will continue to play. I want to live experiences through football that maybe I will not have in other countries and I also want to continue competing to win leagues , so hopefully I can keep doing it. I’ll keep playing and I’ll take a few weeks to decide and prepare physically.”

Although his stay in London could be interpreted as a nod to English football, Mata added if he trains here This is because he has a home, dating back to his time at Chelsea, and because he knows the facilities and trainers, as well as the gyms to get in shape.

The Asturian also did not rule out returning to one of the teams of his life, as Santi Cazorla did when he returned to Oviedo.

“It’s nice to play in Japan and win the League or play for Oviedo like Santiago did. After spending a lot of time in Qatar and so on, to come back and try to help the team go up, which is where it deserves to be, well it’s nice too and romantic and of course that’s how I see it. So no, I’m not ruling anything out, but I haven’t made a decision yet, so I’m evaluating everything a little bit.”

After leaving Manchester United in 2022, after 285 games, 81 goals and four titles, he went to Galatasaray, where he won the first league title in his career and contributed three goals to the Turkish championship. In September last year he signed with Vissel Kobe and became the champion of the Japanese league.