Ray Wilkins blasts Chelsea for selling Matic to Man United
There’s been talk that a deal for Matic was done about Antonio Conte’s head and that the boss didn’t want him to go.
But former United star Ince thinks that’s nonsense and he believes Conte was the man to agree a transfer.
He told Paddy Power: “There’s talk of Conte’s relationship with Abramovich and the sale of Nemanja Matic.
“I can’t help but think that if you’re the manager who has just won the Premier League in your first season in England, who’s now in the Champions League, the decision of whether or not to keep Matic came from Conte and no one else.
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Roman Abramovich had nothing to do with Nemanja Matic sale, according to Paul Ince
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Paul Ince thinks Antonio Conte agreed the sale of Nemanja Matic to Man Utd
“I think people just like to say Abramovich was involved to make an exciting story.
“You’ve got Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher saying he didn’t want to sell Matic – well I’m fairly sure he mustn’t have had a huge issue with him going, or he’d still be at the club.
“So now you’re in a situation where everyone is asking how he could sell Matic to a rival like Man United, but at the end of the day that was his decision and he clearly thought that it would be okay.
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Nemanja Matic joined Manchester United for £40m this summer
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“Who Conte buys and sells comes from him and no one else. I refuse to buy anything else.
“If you buy the players and you’re successful, you keep your job. If you turn up at Stamford Bridge and you’re no good, you lose your job. That’s what happens at Chelsea.”
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