Manchester United appear to have signed Nemanja Matic as picture emerges showing Serbian in club colours
Chelsea defensive midfielder seems to be wearing a Red Devils training shirt in viral photograph
A PICTURE appearing to show Nemanja Matic wearing a new Manchester United training top has emerged.
SunSport told you earlier United were close to agreeing a £40million deal to sign the Chelsea midfielder.
Reports have since emerged claiming Matic, 28, has undergone a medical at Carrington today.
And a photo of the Serbian wearing a United shirt has fuelled speculation his move is complete.
Matic wears the No31 top in the snap - formerly worn by Bastian Schweinsteiger.
He has already agreed terms to make the Old Trafford switch.
Matic sat out Chelsea's pre-season tour of China and Singapore - alongside Diego Costa - in an attempt to seal his Stamford Bridge exit.
Jose Mourinho has been desperate to bring in a new defensive midfielder, with former Blues signing Matic a top target.
Nemanja Matic factfile
- Born in Sabac, Serbia, in August, 1988.
- He began his career aged five at Vrelo, where he was coached by his father, just 500m from his house.
- In 2005 he signed for Serbian club Kolubara, and then moved to Slovakian side Kosice in 2007.
- He spent time on trial at Middlesbrough before Chelsea beat Sunderland and Tottenham to sign him in August 2009 for £1.5million.
- After two first team games, Chelsea sent him on loan to Dutch side Vitesse Arnhem.
- In January 2011 Matic was sold to Benfica along with £21million in exchange for Brazil defender David Luiz.
- He flourished at Benfica, was named Portuguese Player of the Year and reached the Europa League final, where they were beaten by Chelsea.
- In January 2014, Chelsea, under manager Jose Mourinho, signed him back for £21million, and he made his second Chelsea debut against Man Utd.
- He has won two Premier League titles in three seasons at Chelsea, and last season played 40 games, scoring twice including a stunning strike in the FA Cup semi-final against Tottenham.
- Matic is a strong tackling defensive midfielder who is tactically disciplined and at 6ft 4in tall is very good in the air.
- His brother Uros is also a professional footballer, with FC Copenhagen.
- He is married to childhood sweetheart Aleksandra, who he met at school, and they have two children.
The United boss was locked in a transfer tussle with Juventus over Matic but the Italian club gave up on the chase.
It left him with a clear path to resign his former player.
Matic joined Chelsea from Serbian club Kosice in 2009 for £1.5m.
He was sold to Benfica in 2011 and resigned by the Blues - under Mourinho - for £22m in 2014.
United are short of midfielders and may need to dip into the market for another player after Marouane Fellaini reportedly agreed terms to join Galatasaray.