Nemanja Matic Reveals Manchester United Players Who Were ‘Always Late,’ Stirring Squad Frustration

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Former Manchester United midfielder Nemanja Matic, who spent five years at Old Trafford before joining AS Roma in 2022, has opened up about his time at the club.

The 35-year-old, now with Rennes, revealed that Paul Pogba and Jadon Sancho, along with a few others, were consistently late for training at the Carrington complex.

Matic, expressing frustration, shared how he took the initiative to create an internal disciplinary committee, documenting late arrivals and imposing fines, accumulating around £75,000 during one season.

“At Chelsea, players acted professionally, they were punctual and were never late for training but at United it happened almost every day,” Matic said in an interview with YuPlanet, as translated by Metro.

“Among the players who would always be late were Paul Pogba and Jadon Sancho and couple of other players.

“The rest of us who were always on time were angry so we decided to form a kind of an internal disciplinary committee with me serving as its president.

“I put a sheet of paper up on the wall where I documented the names of individuals arriving late. During one particular season we collected around £75,000 in fines.

“We had planned to use the money to throw a party in London, but we didn’t due to the Covid outbreak.”

Sancho isolated from first-team at Old Trafford over training and punctuality concerns, while pogba faces suspension after positive substance test.

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