Rich, handsome, polite, intelligent, cultured…and pretty good at football.
Juan Mata would make us sick with envy if he wasn’t so darn adorable. But nevertheless it’s reassuring to know that the free-scoring Manchester United playmaker isn’t impeccably good at everything – like basketball.
Now we know this is a try at the basket from miles out with his back to the target, but f**k it, it didn’t go in so he’s at least human…
The lovable Spaniard went on to try and land the hoop as many times as he could with his feet, and again he wasn’t perfect…
But still, he gave it a good try and it just goes to show that his videos aren’t cleverly edited to make him look good. He does that just by being him.
Having said that, one thing he continues to be fantastically awful at is bowling. Check out this shocker whilst he was at Chelsea…