Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has admitted that the La Liga team once tried and failed to sign Patrick Vieira (Gary Neville must love him).

When talking about players he’d failed to sign following the David De Gea drama, Perez said, “We have missed out on players before, Franck Ribery and Patrick Vieira for example.”

This of course, was back in 2004, the season before he signed for Juventus.

As if was, the midfielder played for another year under Arsene Wenger before leaving.

Just in case Madrid weren’t jealous enough, here are some of Vieira’s best moments.