Patrick Vieira leaves Arsenal

I'm still in a slight state of shock. I mean, if he was going to leave at any time, I would have banked on it being last summer, when Madrid came calling. I never expected him to decide to go back to Serie A, where he was a failure with AC Milan and taunted with racist comments when playing against Lazio.

Still, what is done is done - and I have to say I hope Arsene knows what he is doing this time. Certainly previous transfers out of the club have been beneficial for the team and I really hope its the case again this time.

Now we need to find a replacement and the latest reports are that we are lining up Newcastle's Jermaine Jenas.