Juan Mata has moved to squash all rumors surrounding his future by saying he is quite happy at Chelsea.
Mata has heavily linked with a move away from Stamford Bridge this summer, with the likes of Arsenal, Tottenham and Paris Saint-German reportedly interested in the Spanish international's signature -- the latter apparently saw a bid rejected on deadline day.
The fact that Mata has been hardly used in the first few games of Chelsea by Jose Mourinho only fuelled those reports, but according to the playmaker himself, he has no plans of leaving the London club just yet.
"I think it's normal in every transfer window that there are lots of rumors but I'm happy here," Mata told Chelsea TV.
"It's been a very, very good two seasons for me here, maybe the best of my career, and what I want this season is the same.
"I'm looking forward to achieving as many trophies as we did the last two seasons (Champions League and FA Cup 2012, Europa League 2013) and hopefully this is going to be a good season for us again.
"Has it been hard for me to focus on my football with all the speculation? For me it's not, if you have things clear in your mind and have belief in yourself. My only aim is to play here, grow as a player and do as good a season as the last two which were amazing for me.
"These two seasons have flown by, but to me this is good because when you are enjoying things and you are happy, time goes quicker."
Mata has been struggling with a hamstring injury, but having been left out of the Spain squad for the World Cup qualifiers, it has given the Spaniard time to work on his fitness.
"We are doing a very good week of training and I feel really good," Mata added. "I'm looking forward to playing. Yes I am back to 100 percent.
"It was a difficult preseason for me because I had an injury, I never had this before. It took me a little bit more time to get fit but now I'm feeling really good.
"I had four weeks off (ahead of preseason training) and to be honest that's too much time for me because in the last five or six years I didn't have this amount of rest.
"But it was good to rest, to be far from football and to get ready because I think it's going to be a long season again. Can I play 70 games again like last year? It depends on every player.
"For me the best thing is to play as much as I can because I love to play, I love playing at the weekend and in the middle of the week. If you are having a lot of games during the season, maybe the training is the games."
