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Phil Neville: We wanted to sign Blaise Matuidi for Man Utd

The former Manchester United coach Phil Neville has revealed he scouted Paris St Germain's Blaise Matuidi and the club wanted to sign the midfielder before he signed a new contract with the French club last season.

Neville was speaking after Matuidi put in an impressive performance for PSG in their 1-1 draw against Chelsea in the Champions League.

"We wanted to sign him. We'd heard his contract was running out and we were really interested in him. Then he signed a contact with Paris St Germain.

We were looking at it at Man Utd last year to inject a little bit of energy. He runs from box to box and he carried the team forward simply through his energy on that left channel."

This clip is from 5 live Sport Tuesday 17 February 2015.

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