Manchester United's Spanish midfield player Juan Mata takes part in a Spanish class with pupils during a visit to Royton Hall Primary School through the Manchester United Foundation in Oldham, England on February 19, 2018. Juan Mata is a little bit different to the general impression of spoilt rich footballers, for the World Cup and Champions League winner has become the social conscience of the world's premier sport. It is reflected in the engaging 28-year-old Spanish forward's ambition to make his Common Goal project -- launched last year with German Juergen Griesbeck the founder of streetfootballworld -- 'the biggest football club in the world' as he told AFP. Pic/AFP

World Cup winner Juan Mata is breaking the mould, challenging the general perception of spoilt, rich footballers and helping to awaken the sport's social conscience through the Common Goal project.