"Patrick [Vieira] does stupid things. He is a great player but he ruins his game by picking up too many cards for stupid little things."

This is the conclusion drawn by Manchester United defender Jaap Stam in his book, published next week.

"There's always an elbow here or a sly kick here, and when you look at him it's easy to see when the red mist is about to descend," Stam writes about Arsenal's French international. More at Ananova.