JOSE MOURINHO hailed his Manchester United star Nemanja Matic as the best player he has coached.
The Serbian midfielder reunited with his former Chelsea boss at Old Trafford this summer. And he has made a huge impact since his arrival at the Red Devils.
Despite Matic and his team-mates dropping points for the first time this season in the 2-2 draw at Stoke on Saturday, Mourinho still heaped praise on his ace.
The Portuguese chief has managed world class talents such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Didier Drogba and Eden Hazard throughout his career.
But he ranks Matic above everyone else when it comes to players coached.
Speaking to The Times, Mourinho said: “Matic, I cannot say that I had better guys than him in my career.
“And he has with me something which marks forever, which was a match where he was on the bench, I play him minute 45 and I took him off minute 70, 75. “The press wants a story, the press wants blood. My blood, or his blood, or both. He was really sad.
“I was also sad because it’s not something nice and it’s something that I did only twice in my career.
“But the next day he comes to me and he says, “I’m not happy, but it’s my fault. I’m not happy with what you did to me, but it’s my fault, because the way I was playing I can understand the change. So let’s keep going.” He added: “We didn’t keep going for a long time because a few weeks later I was sacked.
“But again he was one of ‘my guys’, was one of the guys that we kept close during these years even not working together.
“So I know that the big man is there, even with more maturity.”
From The Sun
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