Veron never won over his critics in England
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Former Manchester United and Chelsea midfielder Juan Sebastian Veron has left Inter Milan to return to the Argentine club where his career began.
The 31-year-old will join Estudiantes, who are coached by his former Argentina international team-mate Diego Simeone.
"I've always wanted to return," said Veron, who played in two World Cups.
Veron joined United in 2001 for £28m, then a British record, but was sold to Chelsea for £15m after two seasons and left for Inter after a further one.
Veron helped United to the Champions League semi-finals in his first season and the Premiership title in 2003, but he never fully settled at the club.
His single season at Chelsea was disrupted by a lengthy injury absence, and new coach Jose Mourinho deemed him surplus to requirements when he joined the club for the 2004-5 season.
Veron moved to Europe in 1995, leaving top Argentine side Boca Juniors for Italy's Sampdoria.
He moved from there to Parma and then on to Lazio, where - with Simeone - he was a key member of the team that won the Serie A title under coach Sven-Goran Eriksson in 2000.
He was central to Argentina's progress to the quarter-finals of the 1998 World Cup, and was captain when the team suffered a shock first-round exit in four years later.