article_snippet.sent: When I interviewed Mata in 2012 before the Champions League final Mata insisted on meeting in a Kings Road cafe because it was where Mata felt most at home.
article_snippet.sent: Now Mata was in a mansion in Alderley Edge, south Manchester.
article_snippet.sent: all three of Both live on the same street.
article_snippet.sent: Mata never wanted to leave London but now Mata loves the countryside surrounding Manchester.
article_snippet.sent: It reminds Mata of Mata home in Asturias, and that more than makes up for not being in the capital.
article_snippet.sent: Life there was good under Villas-Boas. '