Juan Mata and Ander Herrera have given an interview with MUTV where they talk about how obsessed Herrera is with football, to the point where sometimes he is close to sending Mata to sleep with his opinion on the subject.

Mata: I was just going to say that! As a player everyone can see how well he did for us last season. Your first season is never easy, especially coming to England to such a big club with the pressure and expectations. But he did very well and scored a lot of goals and was very good in a lot of games, playing well and linking things up. We used to play together a lot for the Spanish Under-21 national team so we know each other very well, but yes he’s crazy about football. You can be speaking about something else and then suddenly he will say, ‘do you know that player from the Italian league playing in the second division?!’ He just knows about everything!

Herrera: Sometimes I can see Juan closing his eyes and then I realise that I have to stop talking!

Mata: He’s crazy about football but in a good way because the football he likes and understands is the same kind I like. We live very close to each other so we spend a lot of time together.