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Diogo Dalot has described Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic as a “high participant” who surpasses all of his rivals.
Talking to Aim.com, the Portuguese fullback was requested to “keep quiet till you hear a greater participant than Nemanja Vidic.”
The interviewer then listed off a lot of names, together with Jamie Carragher, Thiago Silva, Virgil van Dijk, Vincent Kompany and John Terry.
Dalot remained silent all through the complete video.
Diogo Dalot was informed to remain quiet till he heard a greater participant than Nemanja Vidić.
Bro didn’t communicate a phrase all the best way… 😎pic.twitter.com/kkZNP0O3zK
— centredevils. (@centredevils) February 24, 2024
It speaks to the 24-year-old’s admiration for Vidic that he locations him forward of every of those names, given the standard of every participant, in addition to Carragher.
Solely 4 defenders have gained the Premier League Participant of the Season award since its inception – Van Dijk, Kompany, Ruben Dias and, in fact, Vidic. The Serbian is the one defender within the league’s historical past to win the award twice, nevertheless.
Vidic achieved this exceptional feat within the 2008-09 and 2010-11 seasons, serving to United to the title in each years. To be recognised by his fellow professionals as the most effective participant of their league is a testomony to the standard the centre-back displayed on the coronary heart of United’s defence.
Signed in January 2006, Vidic shortly established himself as a key member of Sir Alex Ferguson’s defensive unit, alongside Rio Ferdinand. The centre-back pairing fashioned a cornerstone of one of the crucial profitable durations within the membership’s historical past.
Through the defender’s time at Outdated Trafford, United gained 5 Premier League titles, three League Cups, 5 Neighborhood Shields, one Membership World Cup and one Champions League. A exceptional haul over simply an eight yr interval.
Solely the FA Cup proved past the Serbian’s attain, primarily attributable to a dreadful resolution in opposition to Portsmouth in 2008, which nonetheless haunts members of that United squad to at the present time.
Vidic was even appointed membership captain in 2010 – a second he describes as a “enormous honour” in his profession.
Dalot’s evaluation is, due to this fact, an correct one; and he will probably be hoping to try to replicate some degree of the success Vidic loved in his personal time at Outdated Trafford.
