Patrick Vieira, backed to be the next Arsenal captain by all and sundry, says he can't ever imagine leaving the club - unless we throw him out, that is. And how likely is that?

Speaking - you guessed it - to France Football magazine, he said: 'I'm playing for an ambitious club that wants to become the best in Europe, which wants to hunt trophies. I share those ambitions.' And he even suggests that Arsenal 'may well be having our best season since (he) arrived here'.