Former World Cup and Champions League winner Juan Mata has joined Vissel Kobe, the J-League first-division club said Sunday.The 35-year-old Spanish playmaker has been without a club after leaving Turkish club Galatasaray this summer and will join a Kobe side in the thick of the J1 title race."I want to touch the Japanese culture while contributing to our chase for the title," Mata, a member of the Spanish team that won the 2010 World Cup along with former Vissel star Andres Iniesta, told a press conference.Mata also revealed he is a fan of Japanese author Haruki Murakami's works, stating, "…READ FULL ARTICLE
