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Vieira made the right choice in moving to City: Wenger

The Frenchman coached Vieira during the player`s highly successful stint with Arsenal and foresees a fruitful relationship between the player and his new club.

London: Arsene Wenger believes Patrick Vieira and Manchester City are to make a "good marriage". The Frenchman coached Vieira during the player`s highly successful stint with Arsenal and foresees a fruitful relationship between the player and his new club.
Vieira had found consistent first team opportunities at Inter scarce, and with the World Cup looming, just six months away, a departure from the Serie A giants was always the best option in Wenger`s mind. Speaking to Arsenal`s official club site, Wenger detailed his former captain`s need of finding first-team football: "I have said before that Patrick needs to play," he said. "At that age, it is very difficult to stay at your best if you do not play. "He is captain of the French national team. I was asked many times the question in France and have said he needed to change clubs to play, so he could be competitive."For me, he has made the right choice. City have made the right choice too, so it should be a good marriage." Wenger admitted that he toyed with the idea of bringing his former captain "home" to Arsenal, but could not go against his mantra and disrupt the development of his fledging youngsters. He added: "Yes, I thought about it." "But here we had players like Alex Song coming out, and [I wanted to] give them a chance. It was important that nobody stepped in front of them." Goal.com