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Diogo Dalot has described Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic as a “prime participant” who’s forward of all his rivals.
Talking to Purpose.com, the Portuguese fullback was informed to “shut up till you hear there's a greater participant than Nemanja Vidic.”
The interviewer then listed plenty of names, together with Jamie Carragher, Thiago Silva, Virgil van Dijk, Vincent Kompany and John Terry.
Dalot remained silent all through the video.
Diogo Dalot was informed to maintain quiet till he heard about a greater participant than Nemanja Vidic.
Brother didn't say a single phrase the entire manner… 😊
pic.twitter.com/kkZNP0O3zK– CenterDevils. (@centredevils) 24 February 2024
It reveals the 24-year-old's admiration for Vidic given the standard of every participant, in addition to Carragher, placing him forward of every of those names.
Solely 4 defenders have gained the Premier League Participant of the Season award since its inception – Van Dijk, Kompany, Ruben Dias and, after all, Vidic. Nonetheless, the Serbian is the one defender to win the award twice within the historical past of the league.
Vidic achieved this outstanding feat within the 2008–09 and 2010–11 seasons, serving to United win the title in each years. Being acknowledged by his fellow professionals as the most effective participant in his league is testomony to the standard the centre-back displayed on the coronary heart of United's defence.
Signed in January 2006, Vidić quickly established himself as a key member of Sir Alex Ferguson's defensive unit alongside Rio Ferdinand. The centre-back duo laid the muse for probably the most profitable intervals within the membership's historical past.
In the course of the defender's time at Outdated Trafford, United gained 5 Premier League titles, three League Cups, 5 Neighborhood Shields, one Membership World Cup and one Champions League.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 outstanding achievement in a interval of simply eight years.
Solely the FA Cup proved past the Serbian's attain, primarily as a consequence of a horrible determination towards Portsmouth in 2008, which nonetheless haunts members of that United group to today.
Vidić was additionally appointed membership captain in 2010 – a second he describes as a “enormous honour” in his profession.
Subsequently, Dalot's evaluation is correct; And he will probably be hoping to attempt to replicate among the degree of success Vidic loved throughout his time at Outdated Trafford.