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Former Chelsea and Manchester United midfielder Nemanja Matic has decried level of unprofessionalism he experienced at Manchester United.

Matic joined United from Chelsea in a £40 million deal during Jose Mourinho’s reign at Old Trafford in 2017, before leaving the club in 2022.

The 35-year-old, who currently plays for Ligue 1 side Rennes, admits he was stunned by the contrast in player discipline between Chelsea and United.

Matic also claims that he was the head of an ‘internal disciplinary committee’ during his five seasons at Old Trafford which was set up to improve standards inside the dressing room, and that a lot of money was made from players’ misconduct.

“At Chelsea, players acted professionally, they were punctual and were never late for training but at United it happened almost every day,” Matic said in an interview with YuPlanet.

“Among the players who would always be late were Paul Pogba and Jadon Sancho and couple of other players.

“The rest of us who were always on time were angry so we decided to form a kind of an internal disciplinary committee with me serving as its president.

“I put a sheet of paper up on the wall where I documented the names of individuals arriving late. During one particular season we collected around £75,000 in fines.

“We had planned to use the money to throw a party in London but we didn’t due to the Covid outbreak.”

Matic won the Premier League twice with Chelsea.