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Juan Mata met actress Julia Roberts as Manchester United trained in LA
The A-list actress clearly has a soft spot for United and watched a match at Old Trafford last season
And with United training at UCLA on their pre-season tour, Roberts dropped in

Published: 03:06 EDT, 12 July 2017 | Updated: 05:17 EDT, 12 July 2017

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When in Tinseltown, you never quite know when you're going to bump into someone famous.

And so it proved for Juan Mata when Hollywood A-lister Julia Roberts dropped in to watch Manchester United's training session on Tuesday.

The actress, star of Pretty Woman, Notting Hill and Erin Brockovich, clearly has a soft spot for United and visited Old Trafford last season.

Manchester United star Juan Mata posed for a picture with actress Julia Roberts after she dropped in on their training session in Los Angeles on Thursday

The film star visited Old Trafford last November and watched United's match with West Ham

Mata and United have been training in Los Angeles on the first leg of their pre-season tour

So with Jose Mourinho's team stationed in Los Angeles on the first leg of their pre-season tour of the United States, Roberts popped in to watch them train at UCLA's Drake Stadium.

Spanish midfielder Mata took his chance to get a picture with the glamorous film star and tweeted: 'Things you get to do while on tour in LA.'

Roberts, 49, attended United's Premier League match with West Ham in November last year along with her cinematographer husband Daniel Moder and their three children.

Roberts removed her shoes to avoid damaging the Old Trafford turf during her visit last year

The Hollywood actress speaks with Coleen Rooney, wife of then United captain Wayne

Roberts' children played football with Rooney's kids on the Old Trafford pitch

Roberts, a self-confessed 'soccer mom', clearly has a soft spot for Manchester United

After watching from the Old Trafford stands, the Academy Award winner went down to the pitch after the match for a kickaround with Wayne Rooney's children.

Roberts is a self-confessed 'soccer mom' who regularly cheers on her children from the sidelines.

United play their first match of pre-season against MLS side Los Angeles Galaxy in the early hours of Sunday UK time.