Vidic was a great player and one of the players where I look to be similar because he had a great career.

Nemanja Matic

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The Premier League is not easy for young players because it is very hard, very tough. Most of the players are very tall.

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When you leave a big club and go on loan to a small club in Holland it is not easy. But I am a footballer and I have to be professional about my job.

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For a young player, the most important thing is to play.

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For me, I want to improve, to play good football in a good league; the money is not the most important thing.

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I think throughout your whole career a player can improve.

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I just have to improve here at Chelsea. I played in Portugal but here it is a higher level so I'm sure I can improve a lot and I will work hard every day.

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Defensive midfielder is my position and I have to be focused on that role.

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Of course, I know that I have some qualities. I think I can run a lot, that I'm physically well but if I have other qualities I will leave other people to speak about me.

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To play at Old Trafford in a Manchester shirt I think is something special.

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When I arrived at Benfica I'd been playing like a No. 10 in the team, but the first thing the coach did was tell me: 'You are going to be a defensive midfielder here.'

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I'd first come to Chelsea from Kosice and, for me, that was a dream. It's not easy making that move. I was maybe the first player to come from Slovakia to a club like Chelsea, who normally buy players from Holland, Spain, Italy, Portugal.

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My wife and son cried when we left Portugal, but I had to move.

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When I come home, I always look in the mirror and I want to see where I could do better, where I can improve.

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Manchester is one of the biggest clubs in the world and I'm very happy because I am part of this great club, this great group.

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I recognise fully why people wear poppies, I totally respect everyone's right to do so and I have total sympathy for anyone who has lost loved ones due to conflict.

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As I said, when I played at Chelsea I give always my best to help the team but now Manchester United is my club and I will try to win there.

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I'm happy to be working with Mourinho.

When you don't have results it is very difficult for players to have that high confidence.

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I think derbies are really special because it's two local teams playing.

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The Manchester derby, for our supporters, is the most important game in the season. Always, a few days before the game, the people create that atmosphere that is special to them.

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