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Patrick Vieira criticises Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger

Football

By Mirror | Nov 01, 2016

Patrick Vieira has criticised Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger for giving little assistance to his former players in their pursuits of management careers.

Vieira is currently managing New York City FC in the MLS but says Wenger can take little credit for where he is today.

"I'm not saying Arsene didn’t give me the desire to manage. He might have done so without me realising but he never guided me, never showed me the way," Vieira told France Football.

"Maybe Arsene wanted his former players to do it on their own. I find that a bit of a shame because all those who left Arsenal and who are managers always got on well with him."

Vieira also commented on the lack of ex-Arsenal players on the club's current coaching staff, with only Steve Bould and Freddie Ljungberg in the set-up as first-team assistant manager and Under-16s coach respectively.

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"It's a bit sad to not see old players in Arsenal's staff," Vieira added. "I'm not [just] talking about the first team. There's only Freddie Ljungberg.

"They love the club. After that, it’s not because we played at Arsenal that we deserve to be manager. All is earned but the desire is there."