"They had the finished article!" Graeme Souness slams Chelsea's decision to sell Nemanja Matic to Man United

Graeme Souness believes Chelsea made a mistake selling Nemanja Matic to Manchester United because the Serbian was the "finished article".

Antonio Conte offloaded the midfielder to the Blues' Premier League rivals for £40million this summer, replacing him with Tiemoue Bakayoko.

The 23-year-old Frenchman is highly rated, and Souness doesn't disagree that he is more than capable of having a brilliant career at Chelsea.

But claimed he doesn't understand why they couldn't have kept both players, especially as they will need a bigger squad to compete in the Champions League this season.

Speaking on Sky Sports, the Liverpool legend said: "They're bringing in [Alvaro] Morata, how will he settle into the team? They're bringing in this midfielder [Bakayoko], how will he settle into the team? They had the finished article.

"They had someone who was tried and trusted, Matic is a fabulous player, he gives you a seven or eight out of ten every game.