Premier League Team of the Decade: The 2000s

Chelsea v Liverpool - Premier League
Chelsea v Liverpool - Premier League

Center Backs - Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic

Manchester United v Swansea City - Premier League
Manchester United v Swansea City - Premier League

The Centre Back pairing will be Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic was almost impenetrable for the Red Devils for several years. John Terry's case to be included is titanic, but with this center back pairing, Manchester United won the league three years on the trot - something Chelsea couldn't achieve.

Both complemented each other in innumerable ways. Ferdinand's job was primarily passing the ball and starting attacks from the back while Vidic was the one who dealt with the majority of the ugly battles. The former had the pace to deal with almost any attacker in the world while Vidic was known for heading every single ball coming into the box and was not afraid to get a bloody nose.

They even managed to win the Champions League for United in 2007-08, and might go down as United's greatest ever center back pairing.

Sol Campbell, Jamie Carragher and Ricardo Carvalho are players after John Terry who could have made the team.

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Edited by Aditya Hosangadi
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