The 35-year-old Frenchman, who was released by City at the end of last season, has accepted the position of football development executive and will help in the development of young players among other responsibilities.Vieira said: This role is a fantastic new challenge for me and I am Soccer Jersey very grateful to Manchester City for offering me this opportunity.I have a lot to learn about the non-playing areas of the business but there are many very experienced people here for me to learn from and I am confident that I can make a significant contribution to the club’s ongoing success.Vieira was City manager Roberto Mancini’s first signing when he left Inter Milan to return to the Premier League in China Wholesale Soccer Jerseys January 2010. He was not a regular starter but made 47 appearances in total, scoring six goals, with his final run-out in a City shirt coming as a late substitute in the FA Cup final victory over Stoke City in May.As well as working in the youth set-up, Vieira will also help to deliver the club’s social responsibility programme and get involved on the commercial side.

The Frenchman added: I am particularly pleased to be given the opportunity to work with the club’s community scheme. Manchester City has a great reputation for its commitment to its community and charity partners and I believe I can help to take that message to an even greater audience.Everyone at Manchester City – the fans, the staff and the players – have made me and my Manchester City soccer jerseys wholesale family feel very welcome here over the past two years and I am very happy to have been given the chance to stay and develop my career away from the pitch.Key part of the ‘Invincibles’Vieira rose to prominence when he joined Arsenal from AC Milan in 1996 and he went on to enjoy great success in nine seasons with the Gunners. The combative midfielder won three Premier League titles and was part of the ‘Invincibles’ team that did not lose a match in the 2003/04 season.He became club captain following Tony Adam’s Umbro manchester city football shirts retirement in 2002 and also won four FA Cups, including the penalty shootout triumph over Manchester United in 2005 that remains Arsenal’s last trophy.He left the Gunners to join Juventus and won the Serie A title in 2006, although the Turin side were then stripped of the trophy amid the Serie A match-fixing scandal, and the Frenchman moved on again to Inter Milan.In a hugely successful spell, Inter won the league for four successive years but Vieira found himself increasingly troubled by injuries and departed for Manchester before the Italians’ UEFA Champions League triumph in 2010.