Welcome Back, Patrick Vieira
By: Rob | January 7th, 2010
Roberto Mancini has made his first signing as manager of Manchester City, and its a player the Premier League remembers very well – Patrick Vieira. The 33 year old has signed a 100k a week contract at Manchester City, apparently in an attempt to get back in the France Squad for the World Cup. The 100k is a nice bonus, i imagine.
I don’t know about anyone else, but i’m relishing seeing Vieira play in England again, one of the most brilliant defensive midfielders of his generation and fearsome competitor to boot. And he could hit a few goals in as well.
He’s also exactly the kind of signing Roberto Mancini needs at City. He’s not the biggest name in World Football anymore, but he’ll organise the team defensively and only push forward when he knows he can. he’ll be a rock in that midfield, and that is pretty much what they need.
Vieira was of course picked up by Arsene Wenger from the AC Milan reserves, and turned into a superstar. One of Wenger’s great signings, he won the double with Arsenal and Vieira became synomous with Arsenal for awhile – and his rivalry with Roy Keane seemed to epitomise the rivalry between Arsenal and Manchester United at the start of the last decade, when they were the two best teams in the land.
He was an important part of Arsenal’s famous Invincibles team, and won a whole lot of medals with club and country, including a World Cup and a European Championship. It is great to have him back. Can he still do it at 33? Time will tell, but class is permanent, its only form that is temporary.
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I love Vieira for what he did for Arsenal, but I think there are real questions about what he’s going to bring to Citeh at this point in his career. He’s been pretty ineffective for Inter so far, and I don’t think they’re too sorry to see him go. And frankly, at this point in his career, I’m really not sure he’s better than Nigel de Jong, who’s turned into a pretty decent holding midfielder and has formed a good partnership with Gareth Barry in midfield. I think he would have been better off going to Lyon.
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Vieira has been an absolute disaster the last 3-4 years. Injured all the time, shittywhen he was healthy…I think this is a bad move for City.
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I cant wait for when they visit the emirates and the Vierira song is sung across the stadium while Adebayor gets his proper treatment. He has insulted Arsenal fans but he will see their true loyalty on that day- something he never has had
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Did you hear about Patrick Vieira’s shock move to Manchester City went through even though he failed a medical at Manchester city hotels. The French veteran had to accept a six-month contract, with an extra year if he stays injury-free, as City boss Roberto Mancini struggled to complete the deal. City put former Arsenal star Vieira through extensive checks and were concerned about a calf problem, which forced him to Saturday’s defeat at Everton. At one stage Vieira’s move from Inter Milan looked like being called off and City even looked at alternative short-term signings. I hope the powers at be know what they are doing. I know they are loaded wish cash but these gambles rarely pay off.
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