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#4 Nemanja Matić
Nemanja Matić was one of the shrewdest coups of the 2017/18 transfer window, and it would be fair to say, in retrospect, that the Serbian has lived up to his billing.
While Manchester United's substandard form last season does not license us to extol the virtues of their players, Matic's impact on the squad was felt through the performance of his team-mates.
Paul Pogba's re-emergence is a great example of how the former Chelsea ace brings out the best in the players around him. The creative Frenchman, who joined United for a then world-record fee in 2016/17, found himself in the firing line for the most part during his debut campaign. However, he profited profoundly from the defensive stability behind him last season as evidenced by the market improvement in his performances.
Needless to say, Matic's own displays this term will be one of the decisive factors in terms of whether the Red Devils' pursuit of success is a positive one.
