Vidic Deal Delights Boss

Sir Alex Ferguson has spoken of his delight at securing the services of Nemanja Vidic for a further four years.

Chief executive David Gill told MUTV on Friday that the Serbian defender had agreed a new deal with the Reds and his manager couldn’t be happier.

“We’re delighted,” the boss told reporters at a press conference on arrival in Kansas City. “He’s a fantastic centre-half – a great competitor with a marvellous attitude to winning games and it [this deal] really strengthens our hand.

“In the modern game it’s not easy to renew players’ contracts when they do well, particularly when they’re from other countries. Over the last year or so there has been speculation about Nemanja time and time again, sometimes fuelled by the press and sometimes other sources, but we never had a strong feeling that he really wanted to leave.

“There are always concerns when players do well because they want better contracts. But we’ve managed to achieve the target of agreeing a new four-year contract which we’re very pleased about.”