There are two primary ways Patrick Vieira could tarnish his Arsenal legacy and he appears ready to choose method #1. Oh well. You can't really blame him. He's got to get out of the Serie A quagmire he's found himself in and Manchester United is one of the premier clubs in the world. He'll have himself right back in the thick of Champions League contention with this move. The problem for the Red Devils, even after the Michael Carrick acquisition, is they're still light in arrears on the front line after shipping RVN away.

I'm glad to see Arsenal making noises of sending disgruntled (and apparently dyspeptic) princess Ashley Cole off to Real Madrdid. Selling one of your best players to your EPL title rival was nothing more than madness, and the Professor knows it.