Crystal Palace boss Patrick Vieira is grateful to Manchester City for his management grounding.
The former City U23 and New York City FC coach has won plaudits for the way in which his side played last season, having taken over from Roy Hodgson last summer. Vieira guided Palace to a 12th-place finish, as well as taking the south London club to the FA Cup semi-finals.
“I was at the end of my career and moving to City, they allowed me to be who I am today as a coach," Vieira told BT Sport's What I Wore.
“In the way I played for City, and I was at the end of my career, it was a time where City was growing as a football club.
“They offered me a pathway after my career, experience, something to do with them and I never find out what was the thing. They gave me the opportunity to spend two years in every department in the football club and after the two years to find out what I really like because they wanted to keep me part of the City family and be involved."
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