Nemanja Matic

[Special Juan 28,101]

Chelsea can confirm along with Matic leaving, he has also been joined by The Wiz....Matic is said to be delighted with this.

[MichaelDance 552]

What a cunt! Excuse my french guys.

[oldportblue 547]

so he's basically leaving because we brought in bakayoko? If so, good riddance, don't need players with such weak fighting spirit... let's bring in a quality CM and we'll be good in midfield

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

Matic played 2694 mins in the PL last season, we've sold him to a direct rival, and absolutely nobody cares. That speaks volumes.

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

Mancs getting excited over this lol. Truth is his first season here was very good, but he's declined so much after that, instead of raising his game.

Good player to have against lesser sides, but looking forward to seeing United play the big dogs in PL and Champions League nights with that midfield.

Pogba can't track back and tackle for his life. Pressure is going to be on Matic and Herrera to do the dirty work and frankly this is the only thing they are good at. Any decent midfield will run this United team over.

Matic was good for Chelsea against lesser sides, but I can't remember any big game past his 1st season here where he was of any use. Every single decent midfield pair we've faced with Matic in the middle of the park was a shit show.

He even looked like a crippled Lee Cattermole against a Ramsey - Xhaka pair in the FA Cup Final.

Bottom line is Matic will provide the protection they need in some games, but against the big teams a midfield pair of Matic and Herrera is going to be fun to watch.

I'd have tried hard for Spurs' Dembele if I was Mourinho and ready to spend silly money on 30 year olds. At least Dembele is different class from Matic. Already 30 but who cares. Matic will be 30 in a year too. And certainly not going to get better.

Great money for a 29 yo going into his final year of his contract next summer. We've already brought his replacement in a better player, Bakayoko. Now time to bring in at least two back-up central midfielders of decent quality.

[Special Juan 28,101]

It's great money, but it's only great money if we spend it in the right area and player.

[oldportblue 547]

says it all really. unless he has a miraculous upturn of form, we made the right decision to sell him... (still would have much preferred that we sell him abroad, as opposed to helping the annoying mourinho but what can you do)

stats from BBC, reposted on reddit

 

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Good move if we spend the money to sign another CM. What a bad move, if we don't sign any other CM.

[Amblève. 4,995]

1 hour ago, xPetrCechx said:

Matic played 2694 mins in the PL last season, we've sold him to a direct rival, and absolutely nobody cares. That speaks volumes.

Are you trolling?  At least half of the posters in this thread have complained about the transfer.

[BlueStorm1003 539]

Sad days for the forum, this means Red Cafe have just signed TheWiz as well.

 

Now, on a serious note, I just hope the club already have a replacement in line. Thanks for the service Matic! I would wish you well but, you know, Mancs...

[Fulham Broadway 17,305]

Mixed for me -would have preferred if he'd gone abroad. But 40m for a 30 year old who has the turning circle of an oil tanker aint too bad.

Just him going to the redshite has induced a little bit of sick in my mouth...

[Tautvix 1,321]

25 minutes ago, RoyalBlues said:

Good move if we spend the money to sign another CM. What a bad move, if we don't sign any other CM.

Still good move if we spend the money to get CM who is Drinkwater? 

[Special Juan 28,101]

Chuck some of it at Drinkwater

[Polo7 3,496]

Luckily we got that 14 day cooling off period......

[BlueLyon 9,359]

IMO far more valuable player than at first sight. 

But for that money at this age and he is clearly declining...probably good business.

However we need to spend that money now on quality experienced midfielder, because we realy need one.