​Vieira tipped as future Man City boss

Former Arsenal and Manchester City midfielder Patrick Vieira is being groomed as a future City manager, the club's football administration officer Brian Marwood said.

The 39 year old took up his first managerial appointment in November, signing a three-year contract in the United States with City's sister club New York City.

"I think it is exactly the next step he needs," Marwood said. "Hopefully, at some point, he'll come back and manage Manchester City, that's the ambition for him and that's the ambition for us. But he has to go through this learning curve."