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Announced the French midfielder Patrick Vieira said on Wednesday his retirement from playing for his country after it was dropped from the calculations made during the World Cup, South Africa, next to the scandal that befell the team there.

Vieira said / 34 years / through the website of Manchester City on Wednesday that it will focus its efforts on the Premier League from now on.



The Vieira, who joined the English team from Inter Milan last January, "my focus position with the City, and nothing else, my goal over the next few years is to become the best player at the club."

And away Vieira winner 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000, who participated in 107 games for his country since he began his international career in 1997, the formation of the French team in World Cup South Africa at the behest of coach Raymond Domenech did not hear any talk assure him by new coach Laurent Blanc.

The French team came out of World Cup group stage without achieving any victory, and the players entered in a state of rebellion after the expulsion of striker Nicolas Anelka from the camp as punishment for his insulting to Dominique.

The Vieri, "I was there watching the games, hoping to show France's players are good, but they do not, I hope Benitez as any Frenchman loves the national team."

"It was hard not being in the team, but the option is not my hand, it was a difficult moment, I think that France is going through a difficult period."