Arsenal, who finished runners-up to the Foxes last season, have begun the new campaign in lacklustre fashion with the draw at the King Power Stadium coming on the back of a 4-3 defeat by Liverpool in their opener at the Emirates. “He is one of a number of players we are looking at”, Wenger told French TV station SFR Sport.
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“In our generation we had some fantastic players with the ball but the majority of the players were quite physically strong”, Vieira said.
The former captain believes that while the squad is still enjoyable to watch, there is a need for a much more physical presence in midfield so that the flair players can then show their skills without fear.
For all the criticism that Wenger faces, the question should be put to Arsenal supporters as to whether or not they really want to see the club splash out £43.1m on a player that few will argue deserves such a price-tag.
Vieira, who won the Premier League three times during his nine years with Arsenal, said he respects Arsene Wenger’s refusal to overpay for players and believes they are capable of winning the title this season.
“This last five, six years Arsenal went more with this type of mobile, technical players who are completely different”.
The Mirror claims that Valencia have demanded this inflated price as they plan to use the money to fund a move for Chelsea attacker Pedro with director of football Jesus Garcia Pitarch expected in London for talks with the Blues this week. But the other side is that the team is not as good as it used to be.
But Vieira says the style of the team has seen a transition since the likes of Adams and Campbell wore the Gunners jersey.
He also expressed sorrow at the lack of opportunities for former players.
“I saw that we were a bit too young [in defence] and I have no real solution at central defence at the moment”. “The ideal example is Ajax when you see all the old players working for the club”.
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