Le Real refuse de payer ce que demande maintenant Arsenal pour Vieira
Real Madrid president Florentino Perez will not pay over the odds for Patrick Vieira - insisting that Arsenal´s hesitance to sell their influential captain will not drive up his price.
Perez told the Daily Star that the ball is in Arsenal´s court - meaning that Vieira himself seems to hold the key to any move.
" We have made our offer to Arsenal and that is as far as it goes," said Perez.
" We will not be raising it as they want, so for the moment talks have broken down."
The Vieira situation has dragged on through the latter half of the summer, and Gunners fans are fearful of losing the midfielder.
It is widely believed that Arsenal will launch a bid for Porto and Portugal star Maniche if Vieira does choose to depart for the Spanish giants.
Maniche would not be a direct replacement for Vieira, but Arsene Wenger is expected to push Lauren into the more defensive central role should his skipper depart.