Galatasaray's Spanish football player Juan Mata said that he came to the yellow-red team to become a champion, to win titles and to play. 

Galatasaray's Spanish football player Juan Mata made a statement to GS TV. When asked how he felt in his first match with the yellow-red jersey, Mata said, "I was very proud to wear the Galatasaray jersey for the first time. We started to get used to each other with my friends. It was a really great feeling to be playing together and to be on the field in a friendly match with thousands of fans. After a long break, "As someone who had not trained and played with the team, it was important for me to be on the field. I felt the need to observe myself. But I saw that I could connect well with my friends and put on a good performance. So I was happy to play." 

"The process developed very quickly"

Stating that his transfer developed very quickly, the 34-year-old football player said, "We signed very quickly. In this period of my career, I needed to play in a big club like Galatasaray. I came here to become a champion, to win titles and of course to play really, and I wanted this very much. "So it developed quickly. The transfer period was about to end. My manager also spoke very quickly with our coach. We were already very excited to come here. I jumped on a plane quickly and came here before the transfer window ended," he said."My relationship with Turkey goes back a long way"

"There is great energy here"

Explaining his thoughts on Galatasaray, Juan Mata said, "I haven't spent a long time here, but there is a great energy here. Everyone we work with really helps us. A great atmosphere has been established. We were able to establish a really close relationship with foreign and Turkish friends. Not only on the pitch. "We feel that we are together with very good quality people who fit in well with each other, outside the field, as human values. I haven't had time to see Istanbul much. But I think there is a great culture. It's also a part of a great history. It's also a great part of history." "I want to see a lot. I need a little more time. I think we need more time to see and get to know this great city."

"I think Okan is a person who establishes close relations with his players"

For Coach Okan Buruk, Mata said, "We have been working with Okan Hodja for about 2 weeks. We just met, but when he was Başakşehir's coach, we played against them and lost to them here. I think he is a great person. I think he is a person who establishes close relationships with his players. "He even trains with us and shows his quality. Really, we would be very lucky if he could play with us."