Mata backs Chelsea manager Mourinho to help his career

Despite Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho seemingly preferring Oscar to Juan Mata in the Blues' number 10 role,  Spain international attacking midfielder Mata is confident that Mourinho will give him game time and help his career development.

Mata has been linked with a return to Spain with Valencia last week, whilst Arsenal and Tottenham are known to have long term interest in the 25-year-old.


When asked if he felt Jose Mourinho would be giving him a chance in the first team, Mata responded: "To be the perfect player is very very difficult. If you ask me last season if it was the perfect season, it was the best in my career, but I could still have done better. I think Jose can help me. I think he's a manager who analyses everything, not just in our team but in the opposition.


"You can see it in the statistics, you can see it how he re-watches games every time. He's a manager who likes intensity, who likes pressure, who likes to be a compact team and I think he had success where he was.


"We have too many young players and we have players who have been signed and are new and need to adapt to what the manager wants, but we also have experienced players."