Mata is worried about his future

JUAN MATA’S advisers will seek assurances from Jose Mourinho he still has a role to play at Manchester United — just as they did two years ago at Chelsea.

Mata’s camp asked whether Mourinho was planning to sell the player in January 2014, and Mata was told he had a future at Stamford Bridge.

Three weeks later, however, his advisers flew in from Spain and he was sold to United for £37.1million.

The 28-year- old scored in United’s FA Cup final win last weekend and wants to stay at Old Trafford but Mourinho’s arrival has thrown his future into doubt.

Mourinho backed the decision to sell Mata in 2014, despite him having twice been named Chelsea’s Player of the Year. The manager will be given a £ 200m transfer kitty at Old Trafford and could try to find a replacement before next season, with central midfield an area he will focus on. Marouane Fellaini could also be sold, while Michael Carrick is out of contract.

Mata hit back at Mourinho last October when he said: ‘If a luxury player is a player who scores and assists and has good stats, then I’m happy to be a luxury player.

‘I’ve scored as many goals for United in the Premier League as for Chelsea but in something like 30 games less.

‘In terms of scoring and assisting, I’m quite happy with the stats, and stats don’t lie. They are facts.’ United are increasingly confident that Zlatan Ibrahimovic will follow Mourinho to Old Trafford.

The striker is looking for a club who can afford his £220,000-a-week wage demands after leaving French champions Paris Saint-Germain.

Mourinho knows the signing would please United fans, and sources claim it is close to being a done deal after the Portuguese sounded out the 34-year-old.

Mourinho and Ibrahimovic worked together at Inter Milan, where the pair got on famously.

But Mourinho may miss out on Willian, with new Chelsea manager Antonio Conte set against the idea of selling the club’s player of the season to a rival club.