That’s it, he’s done for!
Jose Mourinho has named his first Manchester United team and, gulp, Juana Mata isn’t in it.
Exciting lineup https://t.co/lpDojmyhZW
— JOE (@JOE_co_uk) July 16, 2016
The Portuguese has given debuts to Eric Bailly and Henrikh Mkhitaryan, whilst Memphis Depay gets a chance to impress in an attacking trident with the Dortmund acquisition and James Wilson.
Ander Herrera and Michael Carrick are tasked with looking after centre midfield while Jesse Lingard also gets a chance. But no Mata.
The reaction was as measured as one could expect…
Mata on the bench, tears
— JK (@junadecom) July 16, 2016
Mata cant win…….bench
— Miss P (@missp000) July 16, 2016
https://twitter.com/UtdRantcast/status/754279409763414016
Mata benched by Mourinho. Yeah, some things will never change. #MUFC
— Asif 🇵🇸 (@Asif9707) July 16, 2016
Did Mata let the decision swerve him? No chance.
Mata posing for selfies and signing autographs #mufc pic.twitter.com/io4SuDNKRv
— Samuel Luckhurst (@samuelluckhurst) July 16, 2016
Mourinho, however, revealed he will be making seven changes at half-time to give everyone a chunk of game-time.
If Mata is not one of those changes… worry.
