MATIC WELCOME KANTE CHALLENGE

MATIC READY FOR  KANTE  CHALLENGE

By uwoghiren

Nemanja Matic insists he is not concerned by the
prospect of competing with N’Golo Kante for a
starting spot in Chelsea’s midfield.
The Blues completed the signing of France international  last week for a fee believed to be
in the region of £30 million.
Kante will subsequently battle with Matic for a berth
in Antonio Conte's starting lineup, but the Serbian
insists that he is unfazed by the arrival of the 25-
year-old, who played a major role in Leicester City’s
Premier League title triumph last season.
“I am sure that 100,000 players want to come to play
for Chelsea so there is always competition, all life is
a fight so every player is ready for that," Matic said.
“Yes, [it is great to have him] he is a good player and
I am sure that he will bring a lot of qualities to our
team and all good players are welcome to our team.
“He is a great player and it was difficult play against
him [last season] and I am very happy because he is
coming to Chelsea.”
In addition to Kante Chelsea also signed Michy
Batshuayi this summer, with the striker arriving from
Marseille for a fee of £33m.
And Matic has backed the 22-year-old to prove a
major success at Stamford Bridge.
“He has quality of course and he is welcome because
he is a great player,” he added. “I hope that he is
going to bring quality to our team, they are going to
improve with us and that’s it.
“Yes, he is a good striker and that’s why Chelsea
bought him and I am sure he will bring quality to our
team and I am sure he will score a lot of goals.”

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MOURINHO TARGET SILVERWARE FOR UNITED

MOURINHO REVEALS  MANCHESTER UNITED'S SEASON TARGET

By Uwoghiren

Jose Mourinho claims he has told Manchester
United’s owners that he is aiming to win the Premier
League title in his first season at Old Trafford.
The former Chelsea boss has joined on a three-year deal and
has boosted United’s chances of ending their three-
year wait for a league title with the signings of Zlatan
Ibrahimovic and Henrikh Mkhitaryan, along with
defender Eric Bailly.
And while he has been told by the Glazers that there
is no pressure on him to win a trophy in his debut
campaign, Mourinho is adamant that he will not just
settle for a place in the top four.
“No ultimatum. No demands. Just tranquillity to play
and work my three-year contract,” Mourinho told The
Sun .
“The message from the owners and Mr Woodward
was this — ‘Get your three years, do your work,
improve the team and bring us back where we belong
during a three-year period’.
“My message was that I wanted to win the title in the
first season.
“I want to be champion. To say before the season
starts that the top four is the target? The top four is
not the target. We want to play to be champions.
“If during the season we realise the points difference
doesn’t allow us to fight for the title, we are going to
establish a new title and when you can’t be
champion the next target is to finish top four.
“But day one, I don’t want to hide behind a bad
season or no Champions League football to say we
want to finish top four.”

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