After endless speculation about Nemanja Vidic’s future with Manchester United, he has finally resigned on a long year deal. Manchester United’s 2008-2009 player of the season had a poor season hampered by injury in 2010-2011 and after he was mysteriously omitted from the squad playing Leeds in the FA Cup while previously being named to the starting XI forty-five minutes earlier the rumours about a possible transfer started to gain steam. For a team that struggled defensively at times last season, it is a big boost to have Nemanja Vidic signed on for the season.
With Vidic confirmed as a Manchester United player for next season, and Ferdinand’s recovery from injury going well United supporters will be hoping for that partnership to be renewed. The 2008-2009 title winning team was build on defensive stability, Vidic was a key part of that. The team was by no means exceptional going forward, and often struggled to score more than one goal in a match, but it was the back four that truly won that title. When Vidic is at his best he plays with a certain arrogance that very few other centre backs in the world do. He is dominant in the air, he is good in the tackle, and is one of the strongest players in the Premier League.
With Vidic back for the season United’s centre back pool is looking stronger than ever. Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic will obviously be first choice, but behind them Johnny Evans, Wes Brown and hopefully Chris Smalling will all be able to fill in. So all I can say is well done to David Gill (you won’t hear me say this very often throughout the season, but that’s another story) and Sir Alex for getting Nemanja Vidic signed on.
Fantastic news for the fans, we can settle a bit now and forget about the worries. Great blog keep up your good work.
Ferdinand is going to be out for another month and a half, so the likes of Evans, Brown, and Smalling will get a chance to impress beside Vidic. If none are able to do so, then there may be pressure to rush Ferdinand back too soon, and Rio could end up spending more time in the physio room and less on the pitch when all is said and done.