Source: SKY_Sports
Vieira loyal to Gunners ties
// A bit of a hack but it works// The article snippet is wrapped onto a second line, even when #article-sub is emptyif( $("div#article-sub").children().length == 0 ) {$("div#article-sub").remove();} Patrick Vieira has revealed he snubbed a move to Tottenham in the summer because of his Arsenal ties.[LNB] Spurs manager Harry Redknapp has made no secret of his admiration for the Inter Milan midfielder and admits his regret at not signing the Frenchman.[LNB]However the 33-year-old declares that the move could never have gone ahead after he spent more than nine years at North London rivals Arsenal.[LNB]Vieira admits that he could have seen himself working with Redknapp but ultimately he is happy at the San Siro.[LNB]"I really wanted to come back to the Premier League and there was a big interest from Tottenham," he told the Daily Star.[LNB]"I have a deep respect for the manager there and he's someone I felt I could work with. I like his personality and everybody that I spoke to, who had worked with him in the past, said great things about him.[LNB]"But obviously being an ex-Arsenal player means it is not easy to go to a club like Tottenham. [LNB]"So in the end it was an impossibility for someone like me to join Spurs."[LNB]
