Manchester United veteran Juan Mata is not ready to walk away from the game.

The Spaniard, who will turn 33 next year, has slowly slipped down the pecking order at Old Trafford.

But the World Cup winner insists he won't hang up the boots just yet.

"I've thought about retirement, what it will be like, but I have no idea," the United ace told The Guardian. "Football is an emotional roulette, every three days, short-term goals, the pace of life, suffering defeats, facing objectives, and it's hard to find a role after.

"I don't know what I'm going to do. I really hope I have plenty of years left, that an ex-footballer's life is a few years away.

"You have to find a meaning to your life, not just live off what you were."