Nemanja Matic: Man Utd close to signing Chelsea midfielder

 Manchester United are close to signing Serbia midfielder Nemanja Matic from Chelsea for £40m.
Matic, 28, would be United's third summer buy - following £31m defender Victor Lindelof from Benfica and £75m striker Romelu Lukaku from Everton.
It will be the second time United manager Jose Mourinho has bought Matic, having signed him for Chelsea.
Mourinho spent £21m in January 2014 to buy the player from Benfica for a second spell at Stamford Bridge.
Matic had been valued at less than £5m in January 2011 when he left Chelsea as a makeweight in the deal for defender David Luiz.
The midfielder scored once in 35 Premier League appearances during Chelsea's title-winning 2016-17 season - but also struck spectacularly in their FA Cup semi-final victory over Tottenham in April.
His exit had been expected after the Blues signed France international Tiemoue Bakayoko, 22, from French champions Monaco in a reported £40m deal earlier this month.A move for Tottenham's Eric Dier was discussed at Old Trafford. The younger England man is an effective player and a United fan. But Spurs have made it their priority this summer to keep their best players.
Matic's position at Chelsea has been weakened by Tiemoue Bakayoko's arrival at Stamford Bridge from Monaco and he wanted a fresh challenge.
Mourinho has signed him once before, and the pair get on. They were keen to work together again, although it was anticipated a deal would have been done before now after Matic was left out of the Chelsea squad for their pre-season tour of the Far East.
It is an obvious move that works for all parties even if the fee, like many in this mad summer, is steep.
To measure the value of it, Matic's performances alone should not be considered.
For, if the Serb's arrival gets the best from Pogba, Mourinho will regard the fee as pretty good value.
Italian champions Juventus were also understood to be keen on Matic.

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