Patrick Vieira Says Manchester City can win Premier League This Season

Patrick Vieira believes there is no reason why Manchester City cannot win for the Premier League this season and Vieira, Manchester City's football development executive, says this season's title race will be the most open there has ever been and "The league is more exciting now than ever and there are six teams that can win it," Vieira told BBC Sport.

Vieira, 35, won 3 Premier League titles with Arsenal and believes City are now in a perfect position to emulate that feat and it will not be easy but I think people can count on City being there right until the end for if you look in the quality of the team and how City have improved over the last few years, we can now challenge to win the Premier League Vieira said.

Patrick Vieira On City Strike Force for a Aguero is a goalscorer and can make a difference in the big games of he will provide belief and confidence, which will help us challenge the best teams and the Tevez is one of the best players in Europe and the world and so it's important to keep him and he stays it will be fantastic and it is important to talk to Balotelli and tell him that he needs to grow up and he makes mistakes like everyone else of the it know him well from Inter Milan and he is a fantastic player we haven't seen the real Balotelli yet.

The former Inter Milan and Juventus midfielder believes City's summer signings will help make the difference between last season's 3rd place finish and challenging in the title and the Sergio Aguero is a goalscorer and can make a difference in the big games of the players look around and see him it will give them the confidence that will help them win said Vieira who spent 18 months playing at the Etihad Stadium before retiring.

Vieira Hangs Up His Boots And The Former Gunners Star Takes Up New Role At City And Vieira Has Retiring From Playing To Take Up New Role At Manchester City.

Patrick Vieira has retired as a player to take up a new role of a football development executive at Manchester City and the 35-year-old has been handed the new role at City after deciding to hang up his boots after an illustrious career.

Vieira spent 18 months at City after arriving from Inter Milan in January 2010, but he struggled to hold down a regular place in Roberto Mancini's side and the former Arsenal star played a bit-part role last season and the most of his Premier League appearances coming off the bench and he was not offered a new deal when his contract expired earlier this summer.

He has chosen to extend his time with Manchester City in this new capacity and the Senegal born star won three Premier League titles and four FA Cups during a a glittering 9 year spell at the Arsenal and Vieira, who won 107 caps for France, was a member of the 1998 World Cup winning side and the Euro 2000 winning squad for Les Bleus.

International career for a Vieira chose to make his debut for France in 1997 against the Netherlands. He was part of the France squad in the 1998 FIFA World Cup and he came on as a substitute in the final against Brazil, and set up Emmanuel Petit for France's 3rd goal in a 3/0 win and he, with the rest of the squad and received Knight of Legion honneur France's highest decoration in a 1998.