The beginning of this year saw one of the star players of Manchester United retiring from football.
He stated that the injuries he had sustained through his career had taken their toll. Nemanja Vidic decided to quit the active career of playing on the field at the age of 34. He was known as a formidable defender on the field. He was part of Inter Milan and he decided to end the contract that had been active. The news of his retirement was announced on the Manchester United website allowing all fans to receive news of the same.
The defender from Manchester United has spent about eight years and more at Old Trafford. He has now decided to leave Inter Milan after mutual agreement with the club. He was captain of Manchester United before he moved to Italy in the year 2014. The news was announced along with a statement about this Serbia international player. The beginning of the year Aston Villa was looking to sign up Nemanja Vidic.
The move would have been a free transfer. If you see the playing history of this player, he started off with Red Star from 2001 to 2004. Here he achieved 6 goals in a total of 95 appearances. He then joined the Spartak Moscow team for the next one year where he had 41 appearances and scored about 4 goals. Finally, he moved to Man United from 2006 where he had about 300 appearances and scored about 21 goals. This year he decided to announce his retirement, stating that the injuries he had sustained had taken a toll on his body. Vidic had suffered several injuries during his tenure in Italy. He suffered from back complaints as well as hernia which have been persistent and started to take a toll on his body.