SYDNEY: World Cup-triumphing former Spain midfielder Juan Mata will be part of Australia’s Western Sydney Wanderers for the subsequent A-League season, the former Asian champions said on Thursday. The versatile 36-year-old, whose glittering club profession has blanketed prolonged spells at Valencia, Chelsea and Manchester United, actions to Wanderers after leaving Japan’s Vissel Kobe in January. “I’m truely excited to join the Western Sydney Wanderers … And I can’t wait to reach and educate with the group to put together for the season ahead,” Mata stated in a club news release. “I’m feeling thankful and excited for this new journey, and searching forward to trying to win another championship in a special league.” Wanderers are the simplest Australian membership to have received the Asian Champions League, which they did in 2014 simplest two years after being based as an enlargement team. Their fierce move-metropolis rivals Sydney FC announced the signing of former Brazil winger Douglas Costa on a -yr deal last week. The 2024-25 A-League season starts offevolved in mid-October.
