Juan Mata insists he is not focusing on speculation over his Manchester United future.
The Spaniard is out of contract this summer and although talks are ongoing, he has so far failed to sign an extension.
United are eager to keep Mata but he wants a minimum two-year deal and that is so far proving to be the stumbling block.
Barcelona have been credited with a interest in the 30-year-old, with United taking on the La Liga leaders in the Champions League later this week.
Speaking about his future, Mata told the Manchester Evening News : "I don't think right now is a good moment to speak about it. Because I prefer to put the team before myself and what we are going to face now is important enough to be focused only on that.
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"There have been some rumours about myself and other teammates over the last week, so I'm not the one who is going to put more questions or raise more comments with what I say.
"So I prefer to put the team before me and focus on the important task that we have ahead, which is Barcelona. And that's it. I'm sure the fans prefer that because we all want to beat Barcelona, we want to have our heads focused on Barcelona.
"And, again, I don't want to raise any more noise that, to be fair, in the last weeks there has been quite a lot."
Mata went on to hail Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as he looks to win his first match since being appointed on a permanent basis.
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"The first thing I will say about him is he is a great human being. He's a great man. And you can see that since day one. Obviously he's a legend of the club, he's been a player and he's done great things, but his mentality, his way of communicating, his positivity since he came.
"He was very encouraging for all of us and all the fans and people who love Manchester United.
"So I'm very happy for him when he got the permanent job because I think he embodies what Manchester United is and he is a great person, so perfect."
