Quotes from Juan Mata

My adaptation on the pitch has gone in parallel with my adaptation to London.

If a luxury player is a player who scores and assists and has good stats, then I'm happy to be a luxury player.

Everything I do is about improvement.

Who is shorter, me or David Silva? I don't know. Probably him.

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.

That's what I work for every day: training and playing to the maximum, trying to do the best I can.

I have always been a very positive person and tried to bring the positives from the hardest moments.

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.

I feel privileged to play for Manchester United. It is something, when I'm old, I will always be proud of.

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.

For me, it would be the perfect summer to play in the Euros and then the Olympics. My desire is to play in both.

I just want to be playing! I love to play. But I think I can play in the three positions behind the striker.