Vidic was always a little weak with 1v1, got beat a lot because he wasn't agile enough.
The ultimate conclusion is there just aren't that many top level centerbacks right now, might not even be more than one.
Vidic was pretty instrumental to a side that reached the CL final in 2011 was he not? I think he's declined since then, and isn't even a top defender in this league anymore, but that season he was excellent.
Not denying that, gotta look at little things when splitting the top players at each position though. His lack of agility/pace is why I would say Kompany was better then, but Vidic definitely had his day as one of the best.
Thiago Silva had all of that and commanded a pretty weak Milan side together with Zlatan to the Serie A title. As soon as both left they've not managed to come close. Anyways, agree to disagree.
Wasn't disagreeing abut Thiago Silva or Pique during his time under Pep, just Vidic.