Matija Nastasic

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Fiorentina concerned over Man Utd push for Matija Nastasic

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has registered his interest with Fiorentina for defender Matija Nastasic.

Fiorentina coach Delio Rossi says the young Serb can develop into a better defender than United captain Nemanja Vidic.

Ferguson is well aware of Nastasic's rising star and Calciomercato.com says he made a bid for the youngster in January.

Fiorentina threw out the offer, but know Ferguson won't shelve his interest in centre-half.

Here is the original link from Calciomercato
http://www.calciomercato.com/mercat...y-talento-che-ha-stregato-ferguson-top-517830

I have only seen this lad play a couple of times but he looks a very good prospect
 
Fergie sure does love a CB
 
Excellent prospect, would love to see him at United

Here's what I wrote about him some time ago

Matija Nastasić

A team-mate of Ljajic, the Fiorentina centre-back took the Serie A by storm this year in the wake of Cesare Natali’s injury. Making his competitive debut in September in a late substitute appearance against Bologna, he waited until November 19th to get a starting spot against no less than AC Milan, and showed immense composure throughout despite the sight of Ibrahimovic and Pato looming, helping his team secure a clean sheet against currently the best team in Italy. This ultimately led him to a starting spot in the Viola set-up, which is a feat in Italy considering his tender age – 18 years old. The youngster was tapped from Partizan Belgrade’s youth academy before he even played a single minute for the senior team by Sinisa Mihajlovic, then the Fiorentina manager who had heard great things about the robust defender. Many other compliments flowed since then, as AC Milan legend Alessandro Costacurta labelled him a ‘fuoriclasse’ (wonderkid) in the wake of his performance against Milan. Together with Uros Cosic, he may command the centre-back partnership that will keep Serbia’s opponents at bay in the 2018 World Cup in Russia, unless Nemanja Vidic carries a Ryan Giggs type of genetic anomaly.
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Seen him play a few times for Fiorentina, very composed CB for his age. Scored his first for Fiorentina a couple of games ago, and really took it well actually.

I hate it when coaches hype up the players though, saying how he could be better than Vidic. Same was said for Uros Cosic, both have worlds to go before being compared to one of the best defenders of his generation.
 
I saw him against Inter today - he was good.

He reads the game well, is good on the ball and is composed. He only recently turned 19 so he's definitely one to watch.
 
vuc said:
I saw him against Inter today - he was good.

He reads the game well, is good on the ball and is composed. He only recently turned 19 so he's definitely one to watch.
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Agreed, seemed very calm for his age.

I was impressed with the stat that he had not been booked all season too.

Rio mk2?
 
Adam-Utd said:
Agreed, seemed very calm for his age.

I was impressed with the stat that he had not been booked all season too.

Rio mk2?
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He was booked on Sunday, and also been sent off this season.

He does have some Rio similarities though, very composed - that's the thing that sticks out the most.
 
Looks like City are close to agreeing a deal for Nastasic including Savic in the deal
 
Done deal according to SkySports

Tidy player, not sure how many games he'll get at City though. This is the age when he should pile on first team football
 
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