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Manchester United splashed out a club-record fee of £37m to lure Mata from Chelsea in January.

Rooney is a big fan and told bwin: "He's a fantastic player, experienced in the Premier League and you can see his qualities.

"He can score goals, create goals and help us be successful.

"You can see qualities he's got and he's a very nice person as well.

"Hopefully we can all play well together."

Rooney spoke of his love for boxing and named Floyd Mayweather Jr as his favourite non-football sportsman - and revealed how he wants Antonio Valencia's pace.

He added: "There's a lot of players with more skill than I have, but most of all I'd love to have the pace of Antonio Valencia."