Wenger on Vieira: 'There's nothing happening at all'
- Patrick Vieira -
By Richard Clarke
Arsène Wenger remains convinced Patrick Vieira is staying with Arsenal.
The transfer saga rumbles on in the media but, for the Highbury boss, no news is good news.
"There are no developments," he said at a press conference on Friday afternoon. "Patrick is still here despite all the newspapers. He will be here next week and the week after and the week after.
"We always keep our transfer negotiations, if they exist, as secret as possible. But in this case there is nothing happening at all."
In fact Vieira, who joined the Club just after Wenger in late 1996, is still a central plank of the manager's plans.
"He has always been committed to the Club," said Wenger. "He has been a big part of this team and it takes 10 years to build this Club to the level we want to be. I want him to go the end of the vision I have for this team and this Club."
The manager also re-iterated that monetary issues would not force the Club to sell one of its prize assets.
"[We would not sell Patrick] for financial reasons - never," said Wenger. "We are not swimming in money but we are not in a position where we have to sell because we need the money. We have a balanced budget and the board is strong enough to say 'we don't want to sell'."
In fact the same newspapers today were suggesting Arsenal could be buying - not selling - with West Ham midfielder Michael Carrick the intended target.
"We have nothing to say about that," commented Wenger. "But he has always been a player I loved and we can sign Michael even if Patrick stays. But nothing has been done on that."
温格重申：VIRIA依然会呆在ARSENAL
虽然转会传言总是出现在媒体上，但对温格来说，没有消息就是最好的消息
与黄麻的转会没有任何进展，温格在星期五的一个发布会上说“VIRIA不会想媒体说的那样，他依然会永远待在海不里”
“我们总是在尽量秘密的商讨转会，如果真的有转会的话。即使真的有，那么也没有什么发生”
事实上从1996年跟随温格来到海不里的VIRIA依然是温格新赛际中重要的中场球员
“他总是忠于俱乐部”温格说“他在队中充当了一个相当重要的角色，而且将要花费10年的时间把ARSENAL带到一个他想达到的境地，我希望他能够和我一起看到这个美好的结局”
温格再次重申了经济上的危机不会迫使ARSENAL卖出球员
“我们永远不会因为经济上的原因出售VIRIA”。“我们并不是福的流油，但是我们也不处于为了钱而出售球员的地步”“我们有一个经营平衡，情况也足够好而使我们不会出售球员”
事实上 今天的报纸已经预见温格不会出售只会购买想来到ARSENAL的西汉母联队的中场
Michael Carrick
“我们现在什么都没有做，不过他一直都是我喜欢的球员我们可以签下他尽管VIRIA留下来，但我们还没有实质动作”
