Crystal Palace boss Patrick Vieira is grateful to former club Manchester City for convincing him about coaching.
After making his last appearance in City's 2011 FA Cup triumph, Vieira moved into coaching at City's Academy, before taking charge of the EDS squad.
He then moved to New York City FC in the United States before a spell back in France with Nice before taking over an exciting and talented Palace squad.
First of all, I never really thought about being a manager," he told City's website. But finishing my career at Manchester City, I was surrounded by people who wanted me to bring my experience to the game.
Garry Cooke at the time, Ferran Soriano now, Brian Marwood, they wanted me to stay at the football Club and bring my experience.
And through the journey I went with Manchester City, I spent time in the Academy and when the opportunity was there, they gave me the Under-21s for me to really understand if I really wanted to do that.
That opportunity was really important because this is when I realised that going into coaching was something that would suit me and something I really wanted to do."
