‘I wasn’t happy and planned my escape from Gareth Southgate’s Middlesbrough. I ignored my club’s calls because I was angry they’d sent me there. I went to Chelsea instead’ Nemanja Matic on his trial with Boro

Matic first joined Chelsea in 2009.

Over the course of the past two decades, Nemanja Matic’s career has taken plenty of twists and turns.

The 37-year-old is currently plying his trade for Serie A side Sassuolo, the tenth different team of his storied career, which has seen him play in seven different countries and pull on the Serbian national team short 48 times.