Phil Neville Calls For Sack Of Chelsea Manager Antonio Conte

Former Manchester United player, Philip Neville has urged Chelsea football club owner to sack the manager Antonio Conte, after the Blues humiliating 3-0 defeat to AS Roma in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Neville, who blamed Chelsea’s loss to the sale of former Blues midfielder Nemanja Matic, called on the club to sack the manager, who sold the 29-year-old last summer.

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Matic joined Manchester United for £40 million in the Summer after he was deemed surplus to requirement at Stamford Bridge, following the arrival of Tiémoué Bakayoko from Monaco.

According to ex-England international, the decision that led to the sale of the Serbian to Old Trafford was the poorest ever made in the Premier league history.

“What’s gone wrong for Chelsea? One word. Matic,” Neville told BBC 5Live.

“It’s as simple as that. The minute they sold Nemanja Matic was a mistake.

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“When you had Matic sat in front of you, alongside [N’Golo] Kante, there was protection. Whoever made that decision needs sacking. That is one of the poorest decisions I have ever seen in the Premier League.

“If you ask any of those Chelsea players who they would want back, they would say Matic. Chelsea replaced him with someone who is going to do the same job – [Tiemoue] Bakayoko is not that player, he is not a holding midfield player.

“They didn’t replace Matic. I wouldn’t have let him out of the building, I would have chained him to the training ground walls.”

Matic will reunite with Conte and his former Chelsea team-mates when United travel to Stamford Bridge this Sunday.

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