Matic claims Chelsea players "acted professionally" while Man Utd's were late for training

Nemanja Matic had the pleasure of playing for two of England's biggest clubs, Manchester United and Chelsea, who meet today in a crucial match to move closer to the European qualification places.

The Serbian midfielder spent four seasons at the Blues before trying his luck at the Mancunian club, where he spent five seasons before leaving the Premier League to join Serie A side Roma.

The current Rennes player gave an interview to 'YU Planet' in which he harshly criticised his time at the Red Devils for the lack of professionalism of his team-mates, as opposed to how his team-mates acted at Stamford Bridge.

"At Chelsea, players acted professionally, they were punctual and were never late for training but at United it happened almost every day. Among the players who would always be late were Paul Pogba and Jadon Sancho and couple of other players," he said. 

The rest of us who were always on time were angry so we decided to form a kind of an internal disciplinary committee with me serving as its president. I put a sheet of paper up on the wall where I documented the names of individuals arriving late. During one particular season we collected around £75,000 in fines," the 35-year-old midfielder concluded.

 

December 5, 2023