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26th Oct 2015

Man United produce their own James Bond trailer starring Juan Mata (Video)

Licence to skill...

Nooruddean Choudry

We love Juan Mata, but we’re not quite sure he’s got what it takes to replace Daniel Craig.

With excitement over the release of James Bond’s latest outing at fever pitch, everyone and anyone is trying to grab a bit of the limelight and buy into the hype machine.

It seems Manchester United are no different. On the day of the glitzy premiere of Spectre, the club’s official Twitter account shared their own effort at a Bond trailer – with Juan Mata in the starring role.

A throwaway aside from team-mate Ander Herrera about Mata’s helicopter arrival at Old Trafford was all it took for the video editors at United to knock up their very own 007 parody.

We’re pretty sure the only thing that the good-natured Iberian could kill is the ball with his deft touch…

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