穆里尼奧解釋了為什麼今年夏天把馬蒂奇帶來曼聯是如此的重要。
這名塞爾維亞中場從切爾西轉會到曼聯之後已經融入了球隊，在對陣桑普多利亞的友誼賽以及對陣皇馬的超級盃上表現出色。
在周日主場英超首輪對陣西漢姆比賽前的新聞發布會上，穆里尼奧解釋了為什麼馬蒂奇是筆理想的簽約。
「當我去年執教曼聯之後，我就想馬上擁有像馬蒂奇這樣的球員，」他說。「這個類型的球員很少，但是我想要。」
「不過當時我沒有想過去簽他，因為我不喜歡去嘗試簽下不可能離開的球員，我覺得不會有這個可能。」
「這個賽季，當我接到馬蒂奇的電話，表示他想為我和曼聯踢球，他可以轉會時，我就覺得他對我是一筆完美的簽約。不僅僅是他的能力，還包括我和他之間的關係，我們相互了解。」
穆里尼奧非常了解馬蒂奇，他們在史丹福橋合作得很愉快，一起幫助切爾西拿下了14-15賽季的聯賽冠軍。
曼聯主帥表達了他能與馬蒂奇重新共事的喜悅，他坦誠他很高興能的到馬蒂奇這樣有經驗的球員。
他說：「我認為他在曼聯的前途光明。他不需要時間去適應，他不是一個來自其他國家的年輕球員，不是那種還需要了解英超聯賽的球員。」
「上周他年滿29歲了，已經在英超打拚5年，擁有豐富的經驗。他是那種表現穩定的球員，這是我非常喜歡的。」
「馬蒂奇的發揮偶爾會差強人意，但是總體表現穩定。」
「這是我真正喜歡的球員品質—穩定性。這是我信任球員的基礎，所以我覺得這兒是一筆美妙的簽約。」
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Jose Mourinho has explained why he felt it was important to bring Nemanja Matic to Manchester United this summer.
The Serbian midfielder has already settled well at the club since arriving from Mourinho's former club Chelsea, impressing in the friendly win over Sampdoria in Dublin and on his official debut in the UEFA Super Cup defeat by Real Madrid.
In his pre-match press conference ahead of Sunday's Premier League opener against West Ham at Old Trafford, the boss spoke at length about why Matic was his ideal signing for the Reds.
「When I joined Manchester United last year, I thought immediately that we needed a kind of Matic,」 he said. 「There are not many – there are just a couple – but I thought that.
「But I was not thinking of it because I always thought I never like to go to players that I think are an impossible mission, and I felt there was no chance.
「Then this season, when I got the call that Matic wants to play for me and for Manchester United, and he can make it happen, I thought he’s the perfect player for me. Not just for his qualities but also for my relationship with him, the way I know him, the way he knows me.」
Matic is someone Mourinho knows well from their two spells together at Stamford Bridge, with the pair helping Chelsea to win the Premier League title in 2014/15.
Expressing his delight in being reunited with the Serbia international, the boss admitted he admires Matic and the qualities he brings as an experienced player.
He said: 「I think he’s one of these players where there are no question marks in front. He doesn't need time to adapt, he’s not a young guy who came from another country, he’s not somebody that needs to learn the Premier League.
「He’s a player of, I think, now 29 last week - 29 years old, with five years or so in the Premier League, lots of experience. He's one of these players that gives me what I like in players, which is consistency.
「Matic plays normally here [gestures to a height with hand], and sometimes a little bit here [adjusts hand slightly] and sometimes a little bit there [lowers hand slightly] but Matic is Matic.
「And that’s something I really like in players - consistency. It’s the way I trust the player is going to perform, so I think it was a fantastic signing for us.」