Mourinho spent £40million to reunite with Matic, who he previously worked with at Chelsea, to Old Trafford.
Matic has settled in very quickly under Mourinho.
His departure from Stamford Bridge raised eyebrows, as the Blues seemed to strengthen their rivals significantly.
Mourinho has worked with may a great player during his spells in charge of the likes of Chelsea and Real Madrid.
But few, he reckons, are at Matic’s level.
“Matic, I cannot say that I had better guys than him in my career,” Mourinho told The Times.
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Nemanja Matic has started his Manchester United career well
Matic, I cannot say that I had better guys than him in my career
Jose Mourinho
“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.
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Jose Mourinho has worked with some top players
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“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’.
“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.”
