Five things on Nemanja Matic
Nemanja Matic Five things on Serbian international midfielder Nemanja Matic after he signed for Manchester United from Premier League champions Chelsea on Monday for a reported fee of £40million ($52.7m, 44.7m euros): Baptism of fire under Dragan Matic knew from practically the cradle he would play football and aged just five was thrust into the sport under the critical gaze of his father, Dragan, at the Serbian club Vrelo whose pitch was just a 500 metres walk from his home. He stayed there till he was nine and admitted in 2014 his father was never one to shower compliments around. “He had fun with us. He was never happy with my game, though,” Matic told the Chelsea club website in 2014. “In fact, even now he’s not! Maybe once he said I was okay.” Matic a keen disciple of Jesus Matic’s first spell at Chelsea was not a happy one after he arrived injured and was then loaned out before being sold to Benfica for £5million (as part of the deal to bring David Luiz to Chelsea) in 2011. It tu...
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