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12 reasons people actually ‘like’ your Facebook updates

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Here are a few kinds of Facebook likes: 1. The Obligation Like You liked my baby/cat/dinner picture so I am returning the favour by liking yours. 2. The Duty Like You dutifully like everything your close friends and family post. 3. The Tactical Like You want them to like your stuff back. 4. The Look At Me Like You want to remind them of your existence.  ‘We’ve been friends on here for five years yet no likes, comments, nothing.  We worked together for three weeks, eight years ago for goodness   sake – does that mean nothing to you?’ 5. The Sympathy Like A like given out of kindness when someone posts a really bad selfie. 6. The Try To Look Clever Like Liking a highbrow article without reading it to make you look clever. 7. The Try To Look Cool Like Liking a song someone is listening to in an attempt to look cool (when really you have no idea who ‘Autobahn’ are). 8. The Support Like You like the Feline Fridge Magnets page

Manchester United could lose second big-money midfielder with Valencia after Juan Mata

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The La Liga side think they can lure the Spaniard back to  his home country for a knock-down £20m fee. Mata joined the Old Trafford outfit from Chelsea for £37.5m in January 2014 but could be set to leave for almost half that just 18 months later. The Daily Mirror  claim Valencia want to re-sign Mata after selling him to the Blues in 2011. Mata was forced to leave the La Liga side to help finance what was a crumbling empire at the Mestalla but thanks to new owner Peter Lim they have new-found financial muscle. The report follows the news that Paris St-Germain are still interested in signing Angel di Maria after missing out on the Argentine last summer. If United do decide to sell the pair they could be set for a windfall in excess of £80m. Boss Louis van Gaal still has an unbalanced side which has struggled to gel and it seems that either Mata or Di Maria features in their match day squad rather than both and perhaps United feel that it is time for at least one to lea