Mata insists they must improve on last season's disappointment

Juan Mata has insisted Manchester United must improve on last season's disappointing campaign which saw them finish sixth in the Premier League.

The midfielder, who recently signed a contract extension at United, is not setting any boundaries on how far United can go next season but admits everyone needs to put in maximum effort.

Speaking at an Adidas event in Singapore, Mata said: 'We know that last season wasn't good enough. So we need to improve, we need to try our best in this upcoming season.

'What we have to do is raise our level and compete and let's see where we end up.

'You know, the level in the Premier League is getting better every single year. All the clubs have been bringing very good players. So we need to try to be at our best.

Paul Pogba, David de Gea and Aaron Wan-Bissaka were also seen on stage at Sunday's event with Mata donning sunglasses and flower garlands.

United made a strong start to their International Champions Cup campaign after Mason Greenwood scored the only goal in a 1-0 win over Inter Milan.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's men take on Premier League rivals Tottenham at the Hongkou Stadium in China in four days' time before facing AC Milan and Mata is anticipating both to be tough assignments.

He added: 'Tottenham is going to be tough, (AC Milan) is going to be tough. So we still have a few difficult games but (we planned) to use these games to get ready for the Chelsea game which is our first official game and that's the important one and the one that we have to be ready to win.'