Top 25 Nemanja Matic Quotes

For a young player, the most important thing is to play.

To play at Old Trafford in a Manchester shirt I think is something special.

Everyone knows where I play, as a defensive midfielder, more or less the same, so in the last six or seven years I play in that position and there is nothing new for me.

Manchester is one of the biggest clubs in the world and I’m very happy because I am part of this great club, this great group.

Defensive midfielder is my position and I have to be focused on that role.

When you leave a big club and go on loan to a small club in Holland it is not easy. But I am a footballer and I have to be professional about my job.

In the Champions League, everything is possible.

I’d first come to Chelsea from Kosice and, for me, that was a dream. It’s not easy making that move. I was maybe the first player to come from Slovakia to a club like Chelsea, who normally buy players from Holland, Spain, Italy, Portugal.

I have enjoyed my time at Chelsea and would like to thank the club and the fans for their support.

I have good friends at Chelsea. I talk sometimes with Eden Hazard, Gary Cahill, Cesc Fabregas but with all of them they are my good friends and they are good guys.

I’m happy to be working with Mourinho.

I am always positive.

I think derbies are really special because it’s two local teams playing.

The Premier League is not easy for young players because it is very hard, very tough. Most of the players are very tall.

The Manchester derby, for our supporters, is the most important game in the season. Always, a few days before the game, the people create that atmosphere that is special to them.

I think throughout your whole career a player can improve.

My wife and son cried when we left Portugal, but I had to move.

I always watch Chelsea games when I have the time and step-by -step, game-by-game, Chelsea is growing. I speak with Branislav Ivanovic, my friend and international team-mate a lot, a few times each month, so I know everything about the club.

I’ve played regularly in a big club at Benfica, where it is not easy and there is a lot of pressure. In those years I learned to be a winner and play under that pressure.

When I come home, I always look in the mirror and I want to see where I could do better, where I can improve.

Of course, I know that I have some qualities. I think I can run a lot, that I’m physically well but if I have other qualities I will leave other people to speak about me.

I recognise fully why people wear poppies, I totally respect everyone‘s right to do so and I have total sympathy for anyone who has lost loved ones due to conflict.

I’m happy in Manchester and that’s it. Moving to United was good for me. I play for a big club.

When you finish the season with a trophy it’s different.

It is sometimes better to stay with the same team… for stability.