Nemanja Vidic to stay if offered £100,000 a week.

Nemanja Vidic is prepared to have a dramatic change of heart and stay at Manchester United if they catapult him to the top of the pay league.

The defender had been expected to quit the club in the summer after his attitude was put under scrutiny by Sir Alex Ferguson. He has responded in recent weeks with a string of top-class performances and could yet stay if they make him an offer in excess of £100,000 a week.

United have several pay scales and reserve the highest bracket for Rio Ferdinand and Wayne Rooney. Vidic could stay if they make him one of the best-paid players at the club.

Ferguson recently said he was one of the game's great defenders and his partnership with Ferdinand is one of the most reliable in the game.

He had been eyeing a move to AC Milan but cash problems at the Italian club have forced him to reconsider.