Mata - free agent
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You sound bitter.
Tbf Mata is more about hugs than selfies.
If you’d asked him for a hug you’d have been well in - might’ve even got more out of it if he was in the mood on that given day.
Don't get people asking celebs for selfies. He would have been well within his rights to spit in your open mouth for violating his privacy.
Had the same experience with him at Westfields when he was at Chelsea. Thought it might have been an isolated incident, maybe the whole nice guy thing is just an act.
Maybe he's a great guy but enjoys his privacy.
Adults asking for selfies with other men they don’t even know is incredibly cringe.
This
Selfies, autographs it's all feckin weird. Let them go about their business unencumbered by the masses.
By that logic: Grown adults paying to watch 22 grown men play a kids game invented in school playgrounds is even more cringe.
He was a bit rude. Could have said “no I don’t do selfies”, instead he just stared at a T-shirt. He was also alone. Not like interrupting anything.
Been luck enough to meet some top footballer (Cannavaro, Sergio Ramos, Robben, RVP, Scholes, Yahya… etc) and most of them couldn’t have been nicer.
Depends on the individual’s personality. I guess some people are just introverts and don’t like the attention.
No it’s not. It’s watching elite athletes play a sport for a team you support.
Terrible take. Judging from your username I’m guessing you’re the same age as him. He probably thought you were a weirdo and wanted left alone.
I bumped into Juan Mata in Waitrose in Altrincham a few years back.
I told him how nice it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be rude and bother him and ask him for photos or anything.
He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?”
I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off.
When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying.
The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.
When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.
I told him how nice it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be rude and bother him and ask him for photos or anything.
He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?”
I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off.
When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying.
The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.
When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.
when i stopped in a service station outside of Peterborough i was surprised to see Juan. i asked for a selfie and he just stared through me. making noises like a 1990s dial up modem. it was very strange. when i started to put petrol in the car he snuck round the other side and without me seeing started to let the air out my tyres. its not what i expected from the legend of Juanfield.
Take him on tour!
He was bad enough first time around, why would we want him back at the age he is?
Asked him for a Polaroid once and he just said sorry I don't have one.. what a prick. Not like he couldn't afford one on his wages.
It’s a wider problem in society these days where people “just want to be left alone”.
Studies have shown that 20% of people have no close friends. The world is slowly turing into a bunch of hermits.
Ah, you just wanted to make sure he wasn't lonely! It all makes sense now.