“Hopefully, I’ll be fit for the big kick-off.”
Vidic has been out since December after damaging ligaments in his knee against Basel in the Champions League, and whilst Jonny Evans did an extremely good job deputising for the United captain along side Rio Ferdinand, Vidic’s absence was felt in some un-United like defensive displays.
But the defender has steadily been making his way back to fitness and has set himself a deadline of the start of the season to be back in the swing of things as he told The Sun:
“I can now run and do some things on the pitch which is better for me psychologically because for the last four months it’s been every day in the gym, which is hard.
“But the worst part is behind me. I can look forward to the second half of the rehabilitation and work more on my fitness.
“Hopefully, I’ll be fit for the big kick-off.”