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Joe Hart sums up Patrick Viera....
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Joe Hart sums up Patrick Viera....
The England goalkeeper said the former Arsenal captain commands a huge amount of respect at Manchester City
Joe Hart has revealed he worries that Manchester City's youth team players don't realise how lucky they are to have Patrick Vieira as a coach.The former Arsenal captain enjoyed a remarkable career that saw him win the Premier League, FA Cup, Serie A, Coppa Italia, World Cup and European Championships before he retired in 2011.
And Hart, who briefly crossed paths with Vieira at City, said the Frenchman - whose contract expires in the summer - is a huge asset to the club.
"I get into our young lads all the time about who they have in charge of them – Patrick Vieira, what a player," said the England goalkeeper. "I got the very backend of his career.
"I’m just scared that the young players are going to get younger and younger and he is going to get older and older, and they aren’t going to know who he is. I think he is in the perfect place right now to mould a team, to bring people through.
"From what I’ve seen and heard, he has the capabilities to do it. You’re pretty raw at 16/17 unless you’re one of the greatest players on the planet. We are moulding some serious talent that we are trying to get through."
Hart, who was talking to David James during ‘David James meets Joe Hart’ a special programme which airs on BT Sport 1 at 6.30pm on Friday evening, also revealed that Vieira still commands a huge amount of respect at the club.
"He is a jokey kind of guy, very laid back but he has this thing about him where, if all of a sudden he decides to be serious and talk, he just takes over the whole room," said Hart. "He has that respect from all the players, still now."
Hart was praised for his remarkable performance at the Nou Camp on Wednesday asBarcelona knocked City out of the Champions League. Ivan Rakitic scored as thehosts won 1-0, but, had it not been for Hart, the scoreline could have been much higher.
But for the former Shrewsbury Town keeper, it is Bayern Munich stopper Manuel Neuer who really deserves praise.
He said: "His style is something that I don’t think technically you can coach. People have got wrapped up in the whole flying out and tackling people and that side of it is not for me, to be honest.
"But Manuel in terms of dominating a game, being hard to beat, winning World Cups. I remember him right back from when we played him (I didn’t play – I’d got booked in the semi-final) in the under-21 tournaments, just seeing this colossal guy in goal. He has kept going and from a few times of meeting him, I like everything about him.
"I’ve heard some very important people in football say what an animal, and what an amazing talent he is."
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