Mata Wary Of 'Dazzling' Ajax

Each and every Monday during the season, Manchester United star Juan Mata pens a personal blog. This week, he reflects on the Reds' win over Crystal Palace and the Premier League season as a whole, before turning his attention to Wednesday's UEFA Europa League final...

Hi everyone,

The Premier League ended just a few hours ago. It’s been my sixth season in England, time flies! Precisely, this Sunday it was the sixth anniversary of my last game with Valencia. Everything has happened very fast, that’s how it feels, but I also know that I’ve been lucky to live great experiences so far in my career. And I always think that the best is yet to come.

We closed the Premier League this Sunday in front of our crowd, with a team full of young players. Congratulations to Josh Harrop, Demi Mitchell, Joel Pereira, Scott McTominay and the very young Angel Gomes because I know that this experience will be very positive for their development.

About the Premier League, I feel that we had a lot of good games, actually we stayed undefeated for a really long time; however, too many draws prevented us from fighting for the top prize that the club and the fans deserve. Luckily, we have earned the opportunity to fight for the Europa League title and, obviously, all our efforts are focused on that, more than ever.

I don’t need to insist on how tough it will be to beat Ajax. They’ve been playing dazzling and offensive football with bold, very young footballers. That football style has taken them to the final and they have plenty of confidence. I hope we can impose our experience to win. Nobody is more excited than us about this final, regardless of the age of the players.

In short, being able to experience another European final is a privilege, and I hope it has a good outcome for us so we can start the summer break in the best possible way. For us and for you, of course, because you deserve it after your incredible support throughout the entire season.

I hope you have a nice week, Wednesday included.

Hugs,

Juan.