{"id":173162,"date":"2024-04-19T12:09:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T12:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/19\/former-man-utd-midfielder-warns-joao-neves-against-summer-transfer\/"},"modified":"2024-04-19T12:09:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T12:09:02","slug":"former-man-utd-midfielder-warns-joao-neves-against-summer-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/19\/former-man-utd-midfielder-warns-joao-neves-against-summer-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Man Utd midfielder warns Joao Neves against summer transfer \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Former Manchester United midfielder Nemanja Matic has warned Portugal star Joao Neves to reject a move to Old Trafford this summer and instead develop his career at Benfica.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>19-year-old wonderkid Neves has been on the radar of many top clubs this season. He has so far featured in 50 fixtures across all competitions, impressing in both the\u00a0Champions League\u00a0and Liga Portugal especially.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United\u00a0are among the many suitors of Neves, who is expected to command a huge fee when he does eventually leave Benfica, but fellow midfielder Matic believes that Neves is at the right club, and should not rush to the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to\u00a0<em>O Jogo<\/em>\u00a0on Benfica\u2019s talented youngster, Matic said: \u201cHe is fantastic. At just 19 years old, he is a fantastic player. He is the future of Benfica. Of course he has interested some Premier League clubs too. I really like these types of players, who are young but play with a lot of maturity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s too early for him to take that step of leaving. If I were him, I would stay at Benfica for a few more years to play in the Champions League and to mature more. I\u2019m sure his time will come and, therefore, he doesn\u2019t need to rush.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/01hvrd6sfnytqk4wdm9z.jpg\" alt=\"Nemanja Matic\" title=\"Nemanja Matic\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Matic made 183 appearances for United \/ Matthew Ashton \u2013 AMA\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>\u201cJoao is already at a big club at this point. I\u2019m sure his future at Benfica will be very good. I think it\u2019s too early to leave, but of course, in the end, it\u2019s always his decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Matic, now 35, made 183 appearances for United after leaving Chelsea in 2017 for \u00a331m. He spent four years at Old Trafford before departing for Roma in 2021. He joined Rennes in 2023 and made the switch to Lyon in January.<\/p>\n<p>It was with Benfica that Matic first made his name and the Serbian international believes Neves, who only made his senior debut last season, should follow his lead and wait before making the move to England.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-893.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-852260\"  \/><\/figure>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Manchester United midfielder Nemanja Matic has warned Portugal star Joao Neves to reject a move to Old Trafford this summer and instead develop his career at Benfica. 19-year-old wonderkid Neves has been on the radar of many top clubs this season. 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