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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 23471979" data-attributes="member: 158020"><img src="https://www.elakiri.com/forum/images/icons/sq/11.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/love.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":love:" title="Love    :love:" data-shortname=":love:" />Mata happy to play striker role as Man Utd struggle for options alongside AlexisManchester United midfielder Juan Mata has acknowledged he is happy  to play as a supporting striker to Alexis Sanchez during the club’s  pre-season tour, as the Red Devils prepare for their last International  Champions Cup clash with Real Madrid in Florida. Jose Mourinho’s side have been beset by various absences through  injury, post-World Cup holiday and personal reasons throughout their  tour of the US, prompting the unorthodox utilisation of the Spaniard up  front alongside his Chilean team-mate And Mata, who started his career in the Real Madrid academy set-up  before spells at Valencia and Chelsea, is enjoying his makeshift role as  a forward, having featured in all four of the club’s Stateside games so  far."I used to play as a striker when I was a kid, and I like to be in  the box," the 30-year-old told MUTV. "It’s a different shape. It’s a  system that is very difficult to play against. "I think the manager is trying to fit all the first-team squad  players into the XI. In the last two games I was playing with Alexis up  front."It’s been a few years since I’ve played there but I think once  you’ve played in there you pick up the components and you still have  them. Now I just try to play that position. I’ve felt okay, so it’s  fine." Whilst United are wrapping up their ICC tour at the Hard Rock  Stadium in Miami Gardens, Real Madrid are conversely opening their  tournament and Mata is believes that the showpiece tie will provide a  suitable finale to the Red Devils’ preparations for the new season."They are a great team with a great squad. They now have a new  manager [Julen Lopetegui] who we know very well but the players are  pretty much the same," Mata added."They are one of the biggest clubs in the world. We will be able to  play with some of our young players, which will be a good experience for  them. I think it’s a perfect end to this US tour."United won their first ICC encounter with Milan after a mammoth  penalty shoot-out but were then soundly drubbed by Liverpool 4-1 in  their next game.Mata however stresses that fitness is more of a  priority for the squad than results."Obviously, results could have been different but [they] are not so  important now," the Spaniard stated. "The most important thing is to  arrive [in the first game] with no injuries and in good physical and  mental condition." Following their game in Miami, United travel to Germany for a final  friendly with Bayern Munich before they start their new Premier League  campaign against Leicester City at Old Trafford on August 10.</blockquote>

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