Patrick Vieira Retires

Paully D

He has today retired and will take up a role at Manchester City as a football development executive.

What a cracking player he was and I always enjoyed his battles with Roy Keane.

3 Premier League titles, 4 FA Cup's, 4 Serie A titles, 2 Supercoppa's, a World Cup and a European Championship amongst a lot of individual awards too. Cracking list of silverware there.

The_Kew_Tour

A fantastic footballer even us United fans can not say anything less

NabyLadistheman

Paully D wrote: »

3 Premier League titles, 4 FA Cup's, 4 Serie A titles, 2 Supercoppa's, a World Cup and a European Championship amongst a lot of individual awards too. Cracking list of silverware there.

No 'good old big ears' though. Great player all the same

double GG

Himself and Keane made the United Arsenal games exciting! When do you ever see two midfielders playing with such intent and passion these days?

Great pro.

Soups123

Great player glad he didnt go down the playing for smaller team route.

He is everything Arsenal are still missing, never replaced

#15

Great player, wish Utd had got him, it was pretty close at one stage AFAIK.

The Floyd p

Legend of the Game.

3hn2givr7mx1sc

True United legend - what a pass to set Giggs on that run in the FA Cup semi.:)

IvySlayer

#15 wrote: »

Great player, wish Utd had got him, it was pretty close at one stage AFAIK.

Keane - Scholes - Vieira

Imagine that midfield combination :eek:

Fantastic player.

shano_88

Arsenal legend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1YdClWlA_I

KeithAFC

The king.

GavRedKing

My personal favourite midfielder to play in the EPL, he was so dynamic in his approach, he nearly every attribute a modern CM needs, I used to love watching him play.

True legend of the game is Vieira.

( coming from a Chelsea fan )

Smegball

As a United fan he was the one player I always truly admired, his battles with Keane as mentioned before were simply epic.

Great player, I'll always remember the goal he smashed in from like 30 yards against Newcastle at Highbury. No idea why think its just the image of him running with his leggy stride and thundering it in. In work so can't link it.

Paleface

A true Arsenal legend.

Ardennes1944

What a monster in our midfield. Hope Wilshere grows another 2 feet over the summer 'cos he's the only player we have atm with heart to match

Pinturicchio

Paully D wrote: »

He has today retired and will take up a role at Manchester City as a football development executive.

What a cracking player he was and I always enjoyed his battles with Roy Keane.

3 Premier League titles, 4 FA Cup's, 4 Serie A titles, 2 Supercoppa's, a World Cup and a European Championship amongst a lot of individual awards too. Cracking list of silverware there.

Five

Superbus

Paully D wrote: »

football development executive.

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3hn2givr7mx1sc

Superbus wrote: »

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A youth coach. But they had to fancy it up.:rolleyes:

Paully D

His battles with Keane always were class:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwcpFXOsrY8

Zak Flaps

brilliant player in his day....

DOC09UNAM

One of the best midfielders to grace the the premiership, A proper dedicated professional, the ideal role model.

Jimmy Iovine

What a player. I wonder how much a 25 year old Vieira would go for in the inflated market place of 2011? I'd say Wenger is regretting that he doesn't have someone like him in his team.

That Arsenal team were something special. Vieira in the middle orchestrating things.

His battles with Keane were a joy to watch and I don't think we'll see the likes of those two guys again. Pity really

_blank_

Soups123 wrote: »

Great player glad he didnt go down the playing for smaller team route.

Yes he did :pac:

Great player, and I think it's sad to see that generation of footballers going from the game, especially his type. Hard, not always fair, committed, strong.

A proper midfielder who can't be pigeonholed into today's Football Manager cliche positions. DMF, AMF or whatever. Just stick him somewhere near the middle of the pitch and tell him to play. Probably pop up at left full creaming some unsuspecting winger with a slide tackle and a hint of a follow through with the trailing leg to get the fans going. Later he'll be just outside the opposition box, either laying a perfectly weighted pass inside the fullback to his own winger, making his run look perfectly timed, or looking up and seeing the keeper a bit to the left and shooting into the bottom right corner. Not afraid to stand up and be counted, always willing to get stuck in.

Football misses these types.

Gillington

Awesome player in his day,was surprised when he signed for us but he turned out okay and surprised me with the amount of games he still got.

And to think he signed for Arsenal for 3.5million,has to be one of the bargains of the premiership

Paully D

Pinturicchio wrote: »

Five

Does that one count? I thought it was stripped?

Pinturicchio

Paully D wrote: »

Does that one count? I thought it was stripped?

It was (unjustly), but legal proceedings are ongoing.