Juan Mata have bid Manchester United fans farewell in their last Match against Brentford that resulted to 3-0 win for Manchester United and he was included in the Lineup and had an impressive performance in the match, he is set to leave in the summer as he was approaching a old age which Manchester United cannot hold him anymore as they want to give chance to younger player in the team. His contract will expires and he was never offered a new contract which probably shows he was not needed. He has been having a hard time at the club as he was not getting a good playing time under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer last season and also this season.
He has so far played only 28 matches since 2020-2021 season in all competitions which is a bit too small for a kind of players which Juan Mata was known for back whe he was at Chelsea. So far since joining Manchester United in the winter of 2014 from Chelsea he has played in 283 games for them. Since he was set to leave Manchester United There has been interest from several team which are ready to take his signature. One of the team was Valencia where he has played before moving to Chelsea in 2011 after spending a 4 years with the club with 174 appearance before take a step to Chelsea, they are so much hoping he could come back to the Spanish Laliga.
The recent winner of the Copa del Rey Real Betis are also looking for a way to bring him in order to strengthen their team and also Real Sociedad are not left out in the race. Valencia seems to be a team which he may likely returned to because it was his root and his first top tier club he played for after he left Real Madrid Castilla. Mata was a great player and he has proven his worth as a potential player both in English Premier league and Laliga, its probably time he moved back to Spain sooner.