Nemanja Vidic to quit United at end of season

Manchester United captain Nemanja Vidic is to leave the English Premier League champions at the end of the season, in a move the Serbia defender hopes will end speculation about his future.

“I have decided I will move on at the end of this season,” he said on the club’s official website. “It’s the last year of my contract and I have had eight wonderful years here.”

British press reports suggested the 32-year-old had not been offered an extension to his Old Trafford contract. Vidic insisted he did not want to play for another club in England.

“I want to challenge myself again and try to make the best of myself in the coming years,” Vidic said. “I’m not considering staying in England as the only club I ever wanted to play for here is Manchester United and I was lucky enough to be part of this club for so many years.”

“I’ve got a few options to move on and I will choose the right one for me and for my family.”

Under the Bosman regulations, Vidic can now talk to clubs outside of England amid speculation he could be on his way to join Italian giants Inter Milan.

Vidic arrived at Old Trafford in 2005 in a £7 million move from Russia’s Spartak Moscow.