Matic was already on the decline when he was at Chelsea. We only signed him because Mourinho wanted loyal players in his dressing room; we should have signed Fabinhno. Further, we never had a proper structure, most of the time he had to hold the midfield on his own.
Come on, he was a victim of CHelsea throwing money at shiny new faces and Kante was taking his position as well. He wasnt in decline at all, he covered Pogba really well when he first came. I wasnt excited about him as a signing at the time either, just because I never thought he was that great at CHelsea but he did rally well here for a godo 18months, so whether he was your choice of signing or not, which I understand as he wasnt mine either....I cant agree with him being in decline when he came at all.
Ive never thought Fabonho was that special personally and yes he did very well at Liverpool until this season but never seen him as one of the best dm in the world as so many seem to. The likes of Rodri, Casemeiro for example I think are on a different level to him, not sure he would have done any better than Matic myself in the short term, obviously woul dhave given us more than Matic once his legs went, we will never know.
Do agree he had to hold the midfield on his own and I think he did that very well for a period covering Pogba especially. FInd it strange so many laud Herrera and are quite negative on Matic, well not strange think its a personality thing....but for me the reality is Matic played at a good level far longer than Herrera who really on played well for 5months despite giving his all while here, Matic was comfortably the better player