5 of the best Manchester United defenders in the Premier League era

#2 Nemanja Vidic (2006-14)

Vidic was an imposing figure United

The team might currently have another enforcer with the first name of Nemanja, but he's not a patch on Vidic.

As mentioned in the previous slide, he was signed with United alongside Evra in the winter of 2006 and although he initially struggled to impose himself on the first team (strangely back then Mickael Silvestre and Gabriel Heinze were picked ahead of him), 2006/07 was Vida's breakthrough season where he started to demonstrate his true class in a partnership with Rio Ferdinand.

In previous seasons, the centre of the defence had been lightweight, but that all changed once he signed. The Serbian was a formidable barrier which strikers could rarely pass, in a similar manner to his predecessor, Jaap Stam.

He was also an attacking threat, scoring numerous important headed goals, even if injuries did plague his later career. Nevertheless, it's no surprise that United won the title in each of Vidic's first 3 full seasons at the club.