Nemanja Matic on Pogba & Sancho


“At Chelsea, players acted professionally, they were punctual and were never late for training but at United it happened almost every day,”
“Among the players who would always be late were Paul Pogba and Jadon Sancho and couple of other players.
“The rest of us who were always on time were angry so we decided to form a kind of internal disciplinary committee with me serving as the president.
“I put a sheet of paper up on the wall where I documented the names of individuals arriving late. During one particular season we collected around £75,000 in fines.
“We had planned to use the money to throw a party in London, but we didn’t due to the Covid outbreak.”


The fact Sancho acted like this at the age of 21 and right after his big move to the premier league is baffling. 21 Years old and making £250,000 a week and probably far more with bonuses.

Also strange that the players themselves had to form a disciplinary committee.
 
Throwing so much money at young lads is the problem here. I don’t think at such a young age lads are really ready for that kind of a fortune chucked at them. In a world of common sense young players would have a contract where they get a fraction on this money and the rest put into a holding account t until they turn say 25 or something. It won’t ever happen but one thing is guaranteed is that giving these young lads this amount at that age just ruins so many of them.
 

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