Man United legend Nemanja Vidic reveals the one participant he had a dressing room bust-up with throughout his eight-year spell at Outdated Trafford

Manchester United legend Nemanja Vidic has revealed the one participant he had a ‘bust-up’ with within the dressing room throughout his profitable eight-year stint at Outdated Trafford.

Vidic, who’s extensively thought to be one in all United’s finest centre-backs of the Premier League period, joined he Crimson Devils in 2006 and gained 5 prime flight titles and a Champions League earlier than his exit to Inter Milan in 2014.

The Serb established himself as a tricky, no-nonsense determine across the coaching floor and channelled this gritty mentality on the pitch, changing into an integral a part of Sir Alex Ferguson‘s perennial champions alongside centre-back associate Rio Ferdinand.

His behaviour and method to coaching didn’t at all times land effectively with a few of his team-mates, as former United goalkeeper Ben Foster defined in 2020, admitting Vidic was ‘scary’ and ‘horrible’ throughout periods at Carrington.

But, regardless of his confrontational status, Vidic has urged that he solely skilled one dressing room ‘bust-up’ with a team-mate throughout his spell in Manchester.

Talking on The Overlap, dropped at you by Sky Guess, the previous defender mentioned: ‘At Manchester United, I had one bust-up within the altering room and that was with Anderson.’

Former Brazilian midfielder Anderson was additionally at Manchester United for eight years between 2007 and 2015, chalking up over 100 appearances throughout that point.

Desirous to downplay the incident, the Serb added: ‘It was one thing on the pitch then it acquired transferred to the dressing room. It was no large deal.’ 

Crimson Devils followers could also be considerably shocked to listen to that Vidic was not referring to the notorious fallout he had with former Manchester United captain Patrice Evra.

4 years in the past, the Frenchman opened up on how he and Vidic refused to speak for 3 months after they acquired right into a battle as team-mates.

In keeping with Evra, it even led to Ferguson switching Ferdinand to the left-side of defence to separate them on the soccer pitch.

After opening up on their friendship at Man United, the previous left-back instructed the membership web site in 2021: ‘To be trustworthy, we additionally fought. We had a battle, me and him, and did not converse for 3 months.

‘We performed collectively and we did not even say a phrase. I by no means instructed him to go left or go proper. He was the identical. Ferguson needed to swap Rio Ferdinand to play on the left aspect with me.

‘It was like that for 3 months till, after a recreation, I bear in mind he got here to me within the dressing room and gave me a high-five. Everybody was like “lastly” as a result of we had been finest associates collectively, Vida and me. We’ve a deep story collectively.’

The pair skilled one other fallout after Ferguson’s exit, concerned in a livid bust-up throughout a 3-0 defeat towards bitter rivals Liverpool beneath David Moyes.

Vidic, who was despatched off after receiving two yellow playing cards from referee Mark Clattenburg, accused Evra of neglecting his defensive duties by leaving him uncovered. 

The Frenchman was mentioned to have exploded with anger and needed to be restrained by Moyes and different members of employees because the incident threatened to boil over at United’s Carrington coaching base. 

Subsequent yr brings up a decade since Vidic retired from the sport, and the 43-year-old has admitted he would love the chance to be concerned in soccer in some capability.  

Talking on what’s subsequent for him, Vidic added: ‘I open a possibility to be a coach, or to work in soccer as a Sporting Director, and even the Serbian President of the FA – that was the plan just a few years in the past – it didn’t occur however perhaps it might occur sooner or later.’

Earlier within the podcast, he admitted that Manchester United can be his dream job ought to he take up administration or teaching. 

‘If I used to be to handle or coach anybody, it must be Manchester United. I like issues after they’re troublesome and to alter one thing from troublesome to good, that is one thing I love to do,’ he mentioned.