Vidic hopes that Milenkovic will continue to chase his legacy in the Premier League

Nemanja Vidic hopes that the Nicolas Forest defender, Nicolas Milinkovic, will be a greater defender than him.

In December, Milinkovic scored just two minutes away from a 3-2 victory over Manchester United-club in which Vidic achieved its name and growth to become.

While the two sides are preparing to meet again tonight, with Forest in third place and United sitting in thirteenth, both of whom talked about the comparisons between them.

“It’s normal,” Vidic told BBC Sport. “You may have set the tape higher for the defenders. But the tape you put there was to break.

“The new generation of Serbia will look at the way it played, but their goal is to be better than in my career.”

During his period in United, Vidic won five Premier League titles, three FA Cup, Champions League and club World Cup. On the individual level, he won the title twice a player in the Premier League for the year – a honor only shared by Kevin de Bruyne, Cristiano Ronaldo and Terry Henry – and he appeared in the league team for the year four times.

Milinkovic, who was previously called VIDIC, admitted his childhood “Idol”, that matching these achievements may not be realistic, but something he dreams of however.

He said: “He has set the criteria for defenders in Serbia. He is our best player ever and has raised his playing videos.

“His leadership was on the field and the way he played.

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“Also, his reading of the game was very good. He was a very smart and aggressive player on the field.”

Although Vidic and Milenkovic have never met, United’s legend monitored his career, after his development from his early days in Partizan Belgrade, during seven seasons with Fiorentina in the first division, before moving to the forest for 12 million pounds last summer.

Milenkovic, the player of the Month of the Premier League, was nominated in March, adding to the impressive FA Cup semi -finals in Forest.

“He is a great actor for Serbian football,” Vidic added. It is a great example of how players behave and work hard to try to succeed and preserve their career.

“He loves defense and has improved a lot in terms of tactical side because he played in Italy.

“It is not fair (with me). He has his own capabilities and has a good profession. He is 27 years old and a defender is still young.

“It is good to say” when I was young, VIDIC was the goal I wanted to aim, “but the players must push themselves to wear up higher than their idols and the people who compare them.

“27 years old. I came to England when I was 24 or 25 years old. He has a lot to serve.”