A whole new ball game: why is Juan Mata swapping football for performance art?

At this year's Manchester International Festival, the former United midfielder is teaming up with art stars Hans Ulrich Obrist and Tino Sehgal for a new work. Sport and performance art, it seems, are more similar than you may think It is a bit of a cliche to describe the great Spanish footballer Juan Mata as an artist. But it does capture how his skill, imagination and intelligence have lit up grounds all over the world and seen him garlanded with honours including a World Cup winner's medal. An...