Nemanja Matic sticking by international retirement decision

Matic certainly feels he has plenty of years left and is reaping the rewards of making the difficult call.

“I don’t know, to be honest!” he said, when the topic of matching former team-mate Zlatan Ibrahimovic for longevity came up. “At the moment, I feel great, physically strong.

“Thank God, no major injuries. So we will see. The first day I come to training and I’m not happy, that will be the day when I will stop. But I feel very happy.

“I like to play; football is my life. So let’s see. For sure, the next three or four years, I’ll be on the pitch.

Read the Nemanja Matic interview in full in Saturday’s United Review, the official matchday programme.