{"id":461040,"date":"2011-07-14T15:34:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T15:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/14\/arsene-wenger-pays-tribute-to-sensational-arsenal-legend-patrick-vieira\/"},"modified":"2011-07-14T15:34:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-14T15:34:00","slug":"arsene-wenger-pays-tribute-to-sensational-arsenal-legend-patrick-vieira","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/14\/arsene-wenger-pays-tribute-to-sensational-arsenal-legend-patrick-vieira\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsene Wenger pays tribute to &#8216;sensational&#8217; Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By George Ankers<\/h3>\n<h4>14 Jul 2011 16:34:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"67.4903100775\">\n<div readability=\"15.9561403509\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"FA Cup,Patrick Vieira,FA Cup Final - Arsenal vs Manchester United\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/125700\/125799_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>FA Cup,Patrick Vieira,FA Cup Final &#8211; Arsenal vs Manchester United<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"34.9705634987\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/france\/2843\/ars%C3%A8ne-wenger\">Arsene Wenger<\/a> has paid tribute to former <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/94\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> favourite <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/france\/1143\/patrick-vieira\">Patrick Vieira<\/a> after the midfielder confirmed his retirement from professional football.<\/p>\n<p>Vieira, 35, has agreed to become a football development executive at Manchester City, where he finished his playing career.<\/p>\n<p>Wenger, who brought Vieira to England in 1996, told Arsenal\u2019s official website: \u201cYou can only have lot of respect for what Patrick has achieved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis career is sensational. He was an exceptional player for us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have classy players in midfield now but Patrick was special.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was a tall player with good technique.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vieira captained the Gunners to an historic unbeaten Premier League campaign in 2003-04, when the side last won the league.<\/p>\n<p>The French boss, however, refused to compare Vieira with his current crop of midfielders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou do not compare old players with new players. We have exceptional players in midfield with their own character,<em>&#8220;<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut at Arsenal we will be forever grateful for Patrick\u2019s contribution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During his time at Arsenal, Vieira won three Premier League trophies and four FA Cups, and also won the World Cup in 1998 and the European Championships in 2000 with France.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/07\/14\/2574819\/arsene-wenger-pays-tribute-to-sensational-arsenal-legend-patrick-\" title=\"Arsene Wenger pays tribute to 'sensational' Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arsene Wenger pays tribute to &#8216;sensational&#8217; Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By George Ankers 14 Jul 2011 16:34:00 FA Cup,Patrick Vieira,FA Cup Final &#8211; Arsenal vs Manchester United Related Links Teams Players Arsene Wenger has paid tribute to former Arsenal favourite Patrick Vieira after the midfielder confirmed his retirement from professional football. Vieira, 35, has agreed to become a football development executive at Manchester City, where he finished his playing career. Wenger, who brought Vieira to England in 1996, told Arsenal\u2019s official website: \u201cYou can only have lot of respect for what Patrick has achieved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-461040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Arsene Wenger pays tribute to &#039;sensational&#039; Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/14\/arsene-wenger-pays-tribute-to-sensational-arsenal-legend-patrick-vieira\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Arsene Wenger pays tribute to &#039;sensational&#039; Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By George Ankers 14 Jul 2011 16:34:00 FA Cup,Patrick Vieira,FA Cup Final - Arsenal vs Manchester United Related Links Teams Players Arsene Wenger has paid tribute to former Arsenal favourite Patrick Vieira after the midfielder confirmed his retirement from professional football. 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