Tag: Nemanja Matic

YouTubers sneak into Chelsea’s hotel, sign John Terry and Nemanja Matic to their “team”

Chelsea are in Montreal for their North American tour, so a group of local guys decided to seize the opportunity to try and lure a couple of players away from the Premier League champions for their own team.

First, they snuck into the club’s hotel to try and convince Jose Mourinho to be their coach. Mourinho wasn’t in the mood to hear their offer, though, and they were promptly kicked out.

They then regrouped and did a bit more planning. One of the guys posed as “Oriol Gomeo’s agent” while one of his cohorts was able to approach John Terry and get him to sign their contract (a piece of scrap paper with the word “contract” written on it). They were also successful with Nemanja Matic just before getting shoved out the door.

This, presumably, is how Ed Woodward signed Bastian Schweinsteiger for Manchester United.

Nemanja Matic injured himself while celebrating Chelsea’s cup win

Nemanja Matic wasn’t available for Chelsea’s 1-0 win at West Ham since he was finishing out his two-match ban for shoving the man who went unpunished after nearly snapped his leg in two. But after the game, Jose Mourinho revealed that he couldn’t have played even if he wasn’t suspended because he injured himself while celebrating Chelsea’s Capital One Cup final win on Sunday…a.k.a. the other match in which Matic did not play.

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