When some of the inductees into the Premier League’s Hall of Fame were asked recently who may follow in their footsteps there were some unsurprising suggestions including Kevin De Bruyne, Harry Kane and Mohamed Salah.
Patrick Vieira’s hope that Wilfried Zaha will also do it, though, was one that made the ears prick up.
Now his manager, Vieira has a vested interest in Zaha doing well enough to be elevated into that discussion.
Patrick Vieira hopes that Wilfried Zaha will be inducted into the Premier League’s Hall of Fame
Vieira (second right) was recently inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame alongside the likes of Wayne Rooney (left), Ian Wright (second left), Vincent Kompany (right), Didier Drogba, Peter Schmeichel and Sergio Aguero
But it is Zaha’s body of work throughout his career that Vieira feels deserves recognition and, at Southampton, the Frenchman picked a fitting player to liken his talisman to.