Arsenal silence on Juve move for Vieira speaks volumes

ARSENAL’S near-silence speaks volumes over a possible Juventus move for captain Patrick Vieira – and suggests the French World Cup winner may finally be leaving Highbury at the age of 29.

And he could be joined in Turin by international team-mate Robert Pires, who has also been linked with the Italian champions after turning down a 12-month extension to his Arsenal contract, having asked for two more years.

Apart from Gunners’ chairman Peter Hill-Wood admitting he had heard of the Juventus interest in Vieira and saying it was still his gut feeling that it would be turned down at a board meeting next week, there has been no response from Arsenal.