Arsene Wenger says he won't support moves, reported in the Italian press, to arrest Lazio player Sinisa Mihajlovic after his (alleged, we'd better say) 'racist' abuse of Patrick Vieira.

Corriere della Serra said on Friday that Italian police were to investigate the incident, and an apparent request to unfurl a banner praising assassinated Serb warlord Arkan. The maximum sentence for such offences would be 3 years in jail.

'Sometimes during matches you say more than you think in the heat of the game,' said Le Boss. 'You cannot go to jail for that. I think Patrick thinks that as well. I prefer things to remain in the hands of football, not with the police.'