“Were on the right track”: Matic claims club made massive error during his time at Old Trafford

Former Manchester United midfielder Nemanja Matic has claimed the club made a big mistake in 2021. Matic’s time at the club Matic was signed by Jose Mourinho from Chelsea in the summer of 2017. The Serbian spent five seasons at Old Trafford and left the club in 2022. He has since had stints at AS Roma, Rennes, Olympique Lyonnais and now Sassuolo in Italy. Time with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Most of Matic’s time at Old Trafford was under the management of Norwegian Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Solskjaer’s United did fail to win a trophy but they did lose a Europa League final in 2021 to Villarreal. What’s more, they also finished third in the table in 2020 and second in 2021. Nonetheless, a poor run of form in the Autumn of 2021 including a chastening 0-5 loss to Liverpool and a 1-4 defeat to Watford, finally sealed the manager’s fate. Speaking on their time at the club together in an interview with FourFourTwo (via Footmercato) , Matic claimed the Norwegian was very unlucky to lose his job in November 2021. Defence of Solskjaer The midfielder claimed, “”he didn’t deserve to be fired. We finished second and third under him. When you look at the current results, you can say we did a fantastic job.” The former Serbia international also stated that the quality of the coaching was excellent at the club at the time under Michael Carrick and Kieran McKenna. He stated, “Ole deserved more time. He and his team were on the right track to bring United back to the top. The training sessions were perfect, everything was prepared down to the last detail.” Finally, Matic also had kind words for his character asserting, “he was a fantastic person, he knew the club and the fans adored him.” Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Man United managerial record MatchesWinsDrawsLosses 168913740 Source: Wikipedia The Peoples Person has been one of the world’s leading Man United news sites for over a decade. Follow us on Bluesky: @peoplesperson.bsky.social Alex Browne Alex is a huge Manchester United fan, inspired by greats of his homeland such as George Best, Harry Gregg and Norman Whiteside. Alex has a Master’s degree from Queen’s University Belfast and La Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, Spain. Having lived in the country since 2011, Alex is The Peoples Person’s Spanish football expert and is fluent in both Spanish and Catalan. He dreams of witnessing a United captain triumphantly hoisting the Premier League and Champions League trophy in the air once more.