Manchester United have completed the signing of Serbia midfielder Nemanja Matic from Chelsea for £40m.
Matic, 28, becomes United's third summer buy, following £31m defender Victor Lindelof from Benfica and £75m striker Romelu Lukaku from Everton.
ManUtd.com
Manchester United is delighted to announce the signing of Nemanja Matic from Chelsea on a three-year contract, with an option to extend for a further year.
The 28-year-old Serbian international midfielder has won a number of club and individual honours including league titles in both England and Portugal.
Jose Mourinho said: "Nemanja is a Manchester United player and a Jose Mourinho player. He represents everything we want in a footballer; loyalty, consistency, ambition, team player.
"I would like to thank him for his desire to join us because without that, it would be impossible to have him here. I am sure our players and supporters will love him. A big welcome to our new number 31."
Nemanja Matic said: "I am delighted to have joined Manchester United. To work with Jose Mourinho once again was an opportunity I couldn’t turn down.
"I have enjoyed my time at Chelsea and would like to thank the club and the fans for their support. I cannot wait to meet my new team-mates and to start training with them.
"This is a very exciting time for the club and I am looking forward to playing my part in creating more history for this great club."
It's official..
posted on 31/7/17
comment by Castor Troy (U8700)
posted 9 minutes ago
£40M for a 29 year old
Football has gone crazy
This team is bigger than the old stoke teams
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£35m* still stupid though I agree
posted on 31/7/17
All these giants and the only player we've got that can whip in a decent corner will be on the bench behind Fellaini in the pecking order, Pereira.
posted on 31/7/17
This summer's transfer window has so far been underwhelming.
And to think, we've already spent £146 million on those three
posted on 31/7/17
comment by Ji Sung Park's Cousin - 2017 joy squids (U2958)
posted 45 minutes ago
How many did your new hero Aurier get?
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posted on 31/7/17
comment by Shinjury list (U1700)
posted 52 minutes ago
comment by Ji Sung Park's Cousin - 2017 joy squids (U2958)
posted 45 minutes ago
How many did your new hero Aurier get?
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Even if he had gotten the same, I doubt he would break down 90% of our right sided attacks by kicking it at the closest opposition player and it ending up in tow z
posted on 31/7/17
comment by Genius_AppleCart_Space_Dude_Featuring_Zorak (..We all got a Chicken-Duck-Woman thing, Waiting for us.) (U19099)
posted 4 hours, 31 minutes ago
Overall I'm reasonably happy with him.
Hopefully Perisic next
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Do we sign a Croatian after signing a Serbian?? I'm not sure how big of an issue that is in 2017.
posted on 31/7/17
I found the below comment pretty insightful, especially when reading some comments about how he's a Chelsea cast off.
Not saying Mourinho doesn't say bullsht time to time, but the following implies Matic had to do a lot of feet-stamping to get this move.
Also the amount of money we offered and the length of time taken to close the deal implies Chelsea tried to keep hold.
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I would like to thank him for his desire to join us because without that, it would be impossible to have him here.
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Maybe a dig at Conte in the running feud, but....
posted on 1/8/17
3 year contract? Ed has a lot of faith in this signing.
posted on 1/8/17
3 years with an option to extend for another 1 year on top isn't it?
posted on 1/8/17
People always moan when players have long contracts as they get into the early 30s slump. Seems a very wise contract length, to me.