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Just watching one of the Chelsea fan channels and there was a guy there saying that there's rumours that Matic could leave in the summer. People in his camp are saying he's unsettled and issues with Jose really affected his confidence.

Surely we wouldn't sell him after a bad 6 months. He's confidence has been knocked but hopefully Conte just needs to have a word with him.

 
JM7 said:
Just watching one of the Chelsea fan channels and there was a guy there saying that there's rumours that Matic could leave in the summer. People in his camp are saying he's unsettled and issues with Jose really affected his confidence.

Surely we wouldn't sell him after a bad 6 months. He's confidence has been knocked but hopefully Conte just needs to have a word with him.
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Well if he does go then the new manager will be able to completely resculpt the midfield going into the new season.

Might not be a bad thing, especially if they're looking to implement a formation change.

 
ForeverCarefree said:
Well if he does go then the new manager will be able to completely resculpt the midfield going into the new season.

Might not be a bad thing, especially if they're looking to implement a formation change.
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I agree and I've been thinking he could leave for a while. Same goes for Mikel, because I just don't see where they fit in under Conte's system. If he builds around Fabregas then he needs high energy, dynamic players and Matic and Mikel just look too stiff in my opinion. The links to players like Nainngolen (must learn how to spell his name) and Vidal just strengthen that case.

 
The only way I would consider selling him by getting a profit £25m+. Otherwise I wouldn't sell him. He's a poor season but it looks like his confidence is shot. Surely it just needs a new manger to come in and out an arm round the shoulder.

 
I wouldn't sell him. A new manager, new season, and hopefully his confidence will improve and he will perform how he did in 2014.

 
I look at it as who is most important in the midfield just now and Cesc looks by far the better choice and offers much more than Matic can offer.

If it is Conte then we can pretty much expect him to build around Cesc in the middle like he did with Pirlo. You just can’t have Matic in there because he lacks the engine, drive and skill to be a energetic midfielder. It’s no coincidence Cescs form improved drastically when Matic was dropped, he is holding us back in some respects.

Yes he is a DM but just now and for the best part of a year he’s been a pretty poor one if we are being honest. He’s never recaptured the form he had in Jose’s first season and because he is so one footed he is a man down when his confidence is damaged, he constantly loses the ball and gets chased out the game far too often.

If Conte comes in he will need 2 new midfielders of a pretty high standard to play in his system (if as believed he goes down that route like Juve).

That being said I don’t see any team throwing big money at Matic.

 
He's had a new manager come in though and Hiddink has favoured Mikel over him. Now that in itself is an issue because I think Matic is a far better player, but now that he's made that choice I'm not sure where Matic goes from here. I don't think he's going to get a chance to re-establish himself in the midfield and I'm not sure how he'd fit into a Conte team.

I wouldn't be surprised if he was just a bit-part player for the rest of the season but if that's the case then I'd like to see Loftus-Cheek get the minutes he is.

Come the summer it may just be a case of recouping the £20 million he cost, maybe to an Italian side. 

 
I don't believe we should chuck players away because they had one bad season, especially when it's during this sorry season, which we don't know for sure whose fault it really is.

Matic and Hazard are world class when playing at their potential and they've been consistent with their performances in the past, everyone deserves a second chance next season in my opinion.

 
As it stands i just don't see Matic getting back to what he was. He's been found out badly, his biggest weakness is that he is so one footed, one of the most one footed players i have seen to be honest and the opposition have caught on to this. Then there is all of the other problems like controlling the ball when going forward, his decision making and how long it's taking him to release the ball. 

I just don't think he will get back to how he was in his first season and a half with us.

 
I'd keep him for at least another year, think people have a very short memory regarding just how good he was until last January. He's an absolute beast of a DM when on song and not trying to dribble forward. He may not be as consistent as Mikel but his ceiling is far higher.

 
bluelion111 said:
I'd keep him for at least another year, think people have a very short memory regarding just how good he was until last January. He's an absolute beast of a DM when on song and not trying to dribble forward. He may not be as consistent as Mikel but his ceiling is far higher.
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The issue is whether that type of DM is what Conte wants or what Chelsea needs. Neither he nor Mikel would appear so.

 
Let's hope he started working on that weak foot during pre-season. I would keep him for another year. Physically he's still at the peak of his career, he just got found out by his limited technique. I don't see him having the discipline to be a DM, maybe more as a Box to Box man, if he has the stamina. 

 
If we can bring in naiggolan and vidal (if rumours are true we are looking at them) then i would long off matic if he wants to leave.

 
Does anyone else think matic' positioning is poor for a dm thoigh? He is not a fast player but that shouldn't matter if you know where to be on the field. The likes of motta, alonso, busquets don't have pace but their positioning is so good it doesn't matter.

 
wallosh said:
Are you Antonio Conte?
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Is it my good looks and Italian accent that confused you?

No, I'm not the Italian coach. What I did was look at the types of players he's used in the past to make an educated (lol) guess at what he might want in that position at this club.

 
enigma said:
Does anyone else think matic' positioning is poor for a dm thoigh? He is not a fast player but that shouldn't matter if you know where to be on the field. The likes of motta, alonso, busquets don't have pace but their positioning is so good it doesn't matter.
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Matic is not a defensive midfielder. And that explains why he is usually reluctant to stay in front of the defence. Just like somebody said here he is more box to box type.
 
wallosh said:
Matic is not a defensive midfielder. And that explains why he is usually reluctant to stay in front of the defence. Just like somebody said here he is more box to box type.
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Matic is a DM wallosh.
 
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