Manchester United football club of England on
Monday evening, completed the £40m transfer
of Serbian midfielder, Nemanja Matic, for a fee of
£40m after engaging in a long, hard negotiation
battle with title rivals, Chelsea.
The defensive midfielder penned a three-year
deal with the Old Trafford outfit that reunites him
with former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho at Old
Trafford and says his major target this season
will be winning the league.
Speaking after his unveiling by the club, Matic
said ;
'I feel great. Manchester United is one of the
biggest clubs in the world and I'm very happy.
I'm now part of this great club and great group.
I'm looking forward to training with the team
and playing the games.
'As you know, Manchester United is one of the
biggest clubs in the world. My wish was to train
with Jose and of course if you have a coach like
him, and a club like Manchester, you don't have
to think a lot. The decision was easy.
'I'm happy that we can work together again.
He's a great coach, and he always does the
best for me. I'm happy to be again with him at
this great club.
'When the coach was due to come to the club,
this gives you more motivation, more
possibility, and I will give my best to show that
I deserve to be at this club and be part of this
group.
'It's very important to come to a new club as
soon as possible, to have time to adapt on your
coaches wishes and on your team-mates and
I'm happy I'll have some days to train with
them before the first game against Real Madrid.
I'm sure that this season we can do big things.
'As you know, probably, I didn't train with the
Chelsea team, I trained alone with a fitness
coach and of course this is not the same, but I
have enough time to prepare myself. I'm not
100 per cent ready but I will be very soon.
'I know the two new signings. With Victor, we
were together at Benfica. Lukaku, I didn't play
with him at Chelsea, but I know him because we
played together many times. Both of them are
great players who will help Manchester to reach
our targets.
When asked whether he feels Man U. can win
the league this season, Matic said;
'I think so, because the squad is more mature
and have already worked with Jose for one year.
I'm sure this season we can do many things.
'It's difficult to say (what my greatest qualities
are). I'll let the supporters talk about me. I will
always give my best, but I will let supporters
talk about my qualities.
'In the defensive midfield position, the player
needs to give balance to the team and try to
control the game. That's exactly what I try to
do. 'I can't say it's more important than any
other position, but you have to know every time
where is the ball and when you attack, you need
to know how to stop the opponents from
launching a counter-attack.
'[Nemanja] Vidic as you know was a great
player, and was one of the players who I looked
to be similar to because he had a great career.
He was the leader of our national team.
It's
great to be in the same club as him, and I will
try to do my best to repeat what he achieved
here.
'It's going to be something special playing at
Old Trafford. I'm looking forward to doing that. I
feel we can do many things, and we'll try to win
the Premier League.
'Also, anything is possible in the Champions
League. United are one of the best in Europe, for
sure. It's difficult to make a plan before the
season starts but we will try to win every game.
'I missed the Champions League last year, so
this competition is something special, with the
best clubs in Europe, so we're all happy that we
can play in this competition again and compare
ourselves with the best teams in Europe.
'I know a couple of players here, especially
[Juan] Mata because he played with me. I saw
him this morning, but most of the guys I've
played against. I think adaptation will be quick.
'It's going to be a great game against Real
Madrid [in the Super Cup]. It's two big clubs so
it'll be interesting game. The whole world is
going to watch that. I'm happy we can compare
our qualities with them, It's going to be a hard
game but I'm sure that we're going to be ready.
'We will give our best to win the league this
season. We will give 100 per cent.'
