Ralf Rangnick said Juan Mata was a victim of intense competition at Manchester United as his career at the club peters out.
United extended Mata's contract by a year in the summer but the 33-year-old has only played four times this season and his two starts were against West Ham in the League Cup and the final Champions League group stage match against Young Boys - matches where there was mass rotation.
Mata is out of contract in June and almost certain to leave United after eight-and-a-half years while the World Cup and European Championship winner has not played for Spain since 2016.
