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Man United fans are fearing the worst for Mata after Mourinho’s first XI

Published 13:20 16 Jul 2016 BST

Patrick McCarry
Man United fans are fearing the worst for Mata after Mourinho’s first XI

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That's it, he's done for!

Jose Mourinho has named his first Manchester United team and, gulp, Juana Mata isn't in it. https://twitter.com/JOE_co_uk/status/754281485176274944 The Portuguese has given debuts to Eric Bailly and Henrikh Mkhitaryan, whilst Memphis Depay gets a chance to impress in an attacking trident with the Dortmund acquisition and James Wilson. Ander Herrera and Michael Carrick are tasked with looking after centre midfield while Jesse Lingard also gets a chance. But no Mata. The reaction was as measured as one could expect... https://twitter.com/ManLikePereira/status/754284262682140672 https://twitter.com/missp000/status/754284890267549696 https://twitter.com/UtdRantcast/status/754279409763414016 https://twitter.com/HerreraTekkers/status/754277421709455360 Did Mata let the decision swerve him? No chance. https://twitter.com/samuelluckhurst/status/754284952414543872 Mourinho, however, revealed he will be making seven changes at half-time to give everyone a chunk of game-time. If Mata is not one of those changes... worry. thumbnail_SNAPCHATUK

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Man United fans are fearing the worst for Mata after Mourinho's first XI