Reyes expects Real Madrid to sign Arsenal pal Vieira

Jose Reyes has hinted Arsenal teammate Patrick Vieira is likely to join Real Madrid - if they want him.

The Spanish striker told the Guardian: "Patrick has not hidden at all. He has faced the music from the beginning, although he has not talked much about it to anybody and did not train."

"The players have been trying to guess about his future and we know it will be almost impossible to beat a Real Madrid with him. He eats with me at the same table and I wind him up, 'You are going to Madrid', and he laughs all the time."

"He is a man you can speak to anytime, he is so affable. To lose someone like him is a huge blow, but when Madrid want something, they tend to get it."