It’s important not to lose focus; so many things can happen. People try to build this fire between the clubs. The heat is going to get more and more. Patrick Vieira Read Quote
A winning mentality does not come in one day. I’m sure that every single player at Arsenal wants to win, but it is coming to the moment when you need to play really bad games and win 1-0. Patrick Vieira Read Quote
It’s not easy when you lose Flamini, Hleb, Senderos, Gilberto, and Lehmann. When you lose all these players – and Flamini, for me, was the best player last year – it’s really difficult to compete against Chelsea, Man United, or Liverpool. Patrick Vieira Read Quote
I didn’t know anything about England or anything about Arsenal, but I knew a lot about Arsene and his reputation, so I went straight away. Patrick Vieira Read Quote
In my time at Arsenal, we had a really good balance. We had players who were fast, players who were really strong physically, and players who were really creative. When you look at the generation of Arsenal at the moment, they may be playing better football than we used to, but they win less than we used to – so, where’s the balance? Patrick Vieira Read Quote
I wasn’t ready to manage straight away. You have a few players who stopped and managed a first team straight away and were successful, and then there are the other ones who take different pathways. And I think what was important for me was to understand what I really wanted to do. Patrick Vieira Read Quote
I’m a good listener, and I take into consideration everything people tell me, but at the same time, I believe my eyes as well as the experience I had as a player. So players who underperform? There has to be a reason why… my job is for them to perform. Patrick Vieira Read Quote
When you’re in youth development, you have to develop players – win or come in second. But the job where I am and the reality of our industry is to win to be successful, and that is what I have to do. I have to be successful, and I want to be successful, so we’ll do everything we can do to win. Patrick Vieira Read Quote
