Arsenal files: Vieira’s regret at snubbing Gunners exit, Arteta’s approach rubbing off and David Seaman’s new role

PATRICK VIEIRA admits his “biggest regret” was resisting the lure of Real Madrid to stay at Arsenal two years before the Gunners’ greatest season. The Invincibles skipper was tempted by Real President Florentino Perez, who made a personal approach to him in 2002. Vieira, though, recalled: “In football you sometimes have to make a decision….