Manchester United

Manchester United: Journalist lauds ‘best Manchester United player of 2020’ Nemanja Matic

|
Image for Manchester United: Journalist lauds ‘best Manchester United player of 2020’ Nemanja Matic

Manchester United-focused journalist and author Andy Mitten appeared on a recent edition of The Athletic’s ‘Talk of the Devils’ podcast where he shared some praise for Red Devils midfielder Nemanja Matic. 

Matic didn’t feature heavily for Manchester United in the first half of the 2019/20 Premier League season; the Serbia international took part in just three of the Red Devils’ first 19 games in England’s top flight this term, missing a large chunk of the early part of the campaign due to injury. However, Matic has played in all but one of United’s Premier League games so far in 2020

1 of 20

Can you score 20/20 on this Premier League quiz? Starting off easy, who is the top scorer in the Premier League this season?

Back in March, WhoScored published an article lauding Matic’s impressive performances for United of late, revealing that he has been the Red Devils’ ‘fourth-highest-rated Premier League player’ since Bruno Fernandes joined the club on 29th January. United have been undefeated in the Premier League during that time, with Matic earning an impressive WhoScored rating of 7.60/10 from his Premier League appearances since the former Sporting man’s arrival. 

During his recent appearance on The Athletic’s Talk of the Devils podcast, Mitten was full of praise for Matic, declaring that he believes the 31-year-old midfielder has “probably been the best Manchester United player of 2020”.

The journalist went to say: “I think Matic is a really important player and he fell out of fashion a bit. I interviewed him in Singapore at the start of this season and I said on Twitter ‘I’ve just interviewed Nemanja Matic’, and the reaction was, ‘yeah, whatever’ – because everyone was annoyed, because he wasn’t a fashionable player, because he wasn’t a new signing, because he was the wrong side of 30. I think he’s become a cracking player for Manchester United this year, as he was when he arrived.”

Has Nemanja Matic been Manchester United's best player in 2020?

YES

YES

NO

NO

TIF Thoughts…

Only four Manchester United players have made more passes per game in the Premier League than Matic this season, which may show that he has been heavily involved in the games that he has played for the Red Devils this term. 

With that in mind, as well as his impressive performances for the club in their most recent fixtures, it may be understandable why Mitten has been full of praise for the Serbian.

Share this article