Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger has explained why the club hasn't reported Manchester United to the FA, after claiming the champions 'tapped' Patrick Vieira. Wenger instead admitted that he has talked to agents about contracted players himself.

"Of course, I have done that. The agent can say he's got four years left on his contract and that he's happy. If that is the case then I stop it," Wenger told the press. He doesn't consider this practice 'tapping'.

"I don't want United reported," Wenger adds. "It's not about getting United punished. The fact that it all goes through agents means that you can never prove anything anyway."

"I think everybody does it. But we don't want to be the police."

More quotes at the Telegraph and at Soccernet.