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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 Objective.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 your complete video.
Diogo Dalot was advised to remain quiet till he heard a greater participant than Nemanja Vidić.
Bro didn’t converse a phrase all the way in which… 😎
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 received the Premier League Participant of the Season award since its inception – Van Dijk, Kompany, Ruben Dias and, after all, 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 one of the best 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 rapidly established himself as a key member of Sir Alex Ferguson’s defensive unit, alongside Rio Ferdinand. The centre-back pairing shaped a cornerstone of probably the most profitable intervals within the membership’s historical past.
Through the defender’s time at Previous Trafford, United received 5 Premier League titles, three League Cups, 5 Group Shields, one Membership World Cup and one Champions League. A exceptional haul over simply an eight 12 months interval.
Solely the FA Cup proved past the Serbian’s attain, primarily resulting from a dreadful choice towards Portsmouth in 2008, which nonetheless haunts members of that United squad to today.
Vidic was even appointed membership captain in 2010 – a second he describes as a “big honour” in his profession.
Dalot’s evaluation is, subsequently, an correct one; and he will likely be hoping to try to replicate some degree of the success Vidic loved in his personal time at Previous Trafford.
