Source: Daily_Mail
Past-it Patrick? City may find they've landed a player who's lost his power
The trick, when it comes to making good money in the transfer market, is to see things before anyone else - be it a precociously gifted, and so far undiscovered, young star or the first signs that a once great player is in decline. [LNB]Arsene Wenger has proved damn good when it comes to both, as he demonstrated on two occasions with Patrick Vieira. [LNB]Not only did the Arsenal manager sign the then 20-year-old Frenchman before AC Milan realised how good he was, luring him for the bargain price of £3.5million in 1996, but he then spotted nine years later that those gangly legs were starting to go. [LNB] Past it? City's acquisition of Patrick Vieira has been called into serious question[LNB]Wenger, sources at Arsenal now say, saw it as an opportunity to settle a score with the Italians on behalf of the English game. Too often English clubs had caught a cold, paying well over the odds for over-the-hill Italians. [LNB] Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira arrives for Manchester City medical ahead of shock Premier League returnArgentina defender Ansaldi next on Mancini's transfer wish-listEspanyol line up ambitious loan deal for Manchester City striker Santa Cruz Chelsea could be slapped with £8m bill after taking Sturridge from Man CityMANCHESTER CITY FC
