Vidic hailed as 'Serbian JT'
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Dejan Stefanovic has hailed Manchester United stopper Nemanja Vidic as 'the Serbian John Terry'.
Vidic's former international team-mate is a huge admirer of Vidic who has been one of the defensive cornerstones of United's impressive campaign.
Portsmouth defender Stefanovic admits that Vidic initially struggled to acclimatise to the Premiership.
But he believes that Vidic now has the potential to become the world's finest centre-half, and eclipse the achievements of John Terry, dubbed by many as 'the Iron Man' following his seemingly miraculous comebacks from injury.
"Nemanja is a typical English-style defender - and you don't get many of those coming from foreign countries," said Stefanovic.
"He is strong, powerful and is perfect for the Premiership. He is a Serbian John Terry and I believe Nemanja will go on to be much better than him.
"He is playing for the biggest club in England and one of the biggest in Europe. He has the potential to be the best central defender in the world.
"Nemanja struggled a little bit when he first signed for United and people were very critical of him but he has proved them all wrong this season.
"He has been one of the best players in the Premiership and is a hero in Serbia." -
lol. im quite surprised he is doing so well too.
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He wasn't even in the first team at the beginning of the season(Injuries?). It was Brown and Ferdinand at the heart of United defence.
Vidic worked his way up, kept pushing his game, scoring goals when you don't expect him to.
He's one of the few players that i deemed as a successful signing.
Cheers.
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but recently manutd defence seems a bit shaky.
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yes he is good esp in da air
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he has certainly grown in his play and understanding of EPL same as Evra.