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JUAN MATA has made past aft announcing a stunning determination to articulation the ownership radical of Major League Soccer broadside San Diego FC.
The erstwhile Manchester United and Chelsea prima presently plays for A-League nine Western Sydney Wanderers, wherever helium has been since September.
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However, the 36-year-old has present taken to societal media to denote helium would beryllium investing into America's newest apical formation franchise who volition beryllium joining the league successful 2025 arsenic the 30th club.
A connection connected his Instagram said: "Really blessed to denote that I’m a spouse astatine the newest and astir peculiar franchise successful the MLS!"
The club's ain announcement connected the determination besides revealed however the Spaniard has made past by becoming the archetypal progressive subordinate to clasp an ownership involvement successful Major League Soccer.
Mata is present besides successful illustrious institution with Inter Miami proprietor David Beckham arsenic lone the 2nd planetary subordinate to beryllium progressive successful MLS ownership, according to the club.
The Spaniard added: "Joining San Diego FC arsenic a spouse is an breathtaking accidental to assistance physique thing genuinely peculiar successful a metropolis and league that are experiencing unthinkable growth.
"The committedness of some this Club and Right to Dream to assemblage impact, excellence, and a imaginativeness for semipermanent occurrence aligns perfectly with my ain values.
"I look guardant to contributing my acquisition and passionateness for the crippled and moving alongside everyone present to physique a Club that inspires some connected and disconnected the pitch."
San Diego's archetypal ever competitory lucifer volition instrumentality spot astatine the 35,000-capacity Snapdragon Stadium against five-time MLS winners LA Galaxy connected March 1 2025.
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The nine connection described Mata arsenic a "widely respected humanitarian" and mentioned his charitable schemes specified arsenic the Common Goal inaugural which sees players pledge 1 per cent of their wage to societal causes.
He is besides an progressive collaborator and spouse of Right to Dream, and has visited RTD's Academy successful Egypt and Denmark.
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San Diego president Sir Mohamed Mansour said: "Juan has been an progressive and semipermanent protagonist of Right to Dream, and helium shares our values of wanting to usage shot to present semipermanent societal interaction and change.
"As 1 of the astir palmy footballers of his generation, winning the World Cup, European Championship and UEFA Champions League, among galore different titles, helium is simply a serial winner, and successful San Diego, we are committed to gathering a winning squad for the agelong term."
The playmaker starred successful England for 11 years with Chelsea and Man Utd.
He spent two-and-a-half years with the Blues wherever helium won the Champions League, Europa League and FA Cup.
Mata past played for the Red Devils from January 2014 to summertime 2022, winning the Europa League, FA Cup and League Cup.
After leaving Man Utd, Mata joined Galatasaray, wherever helium won the league earlier leaving to articulation Japanese broadside Vissel Kobe, wherever helium besides won the league.
Meanwhile - having started his vocation with Real Oviedo - anterior to arriving successful the Premier League helium won the Copa del Rey with Valencia.
On an planetary level, Mata won the 2010 World Cup and 2012 European Championship and was besides a European Champion successful some the Under-19 and Under-21 categories.
His assorted concern ventures distant from shot person helped him cultivate a reported nett worthy of £66million, and it seems nine ownership could beryllium up his thoroughfare erstwhile helium yet retires.
Stars signed up for San Diego
SAN DIEGO volition beryllium Major League Soccer's 30th franchise team, but who volition they person playing for them? Only a fistful are connected the books truthful far, but determination are names you whitethorn recognise...
Hirving Lozano - Mexican winger is joining from PSV successful January. He is simply a rubric victor with the Dutch nine and Italian broadside Napoli and has 70 planetary appearances nether his belt.
Marcus Ingvartsen - One-time Dane planetary has proven to beryllium a prolific goalscorer for Nordsjaelland with 53 goals successful 134 games.
Alex Mighten - Nottingham Forest academy merchandise is joining from the Premier League broadside aft signing a woody successful the summer, but is presently connected indebtedness with Nordsjaelland.
Jeppe Tverskov - Third prima associated with Nordsjaelland, the antiaircraft midfielder lone joined the nine from Danish rivals Odense BK successful 2023. He is simply a Superliga seasoned with much than 220 appearances to his name.
Paddy McNair - Man Utd academy prima is joining the MLS broadside from West Brom. Now 29 years old, it volition beryllium his archetypal transportation extracurricular of England aft spending astir of his vocation with Middlesbrough. McNair won the FA Cup with United successful 2016 and won the Under-21 Premier League twice.
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