World Cup winner Vieira, currently head coach at New York City, bought the luxury seven-bedroom house with wife Cheryl when he moved to the Etihad in 2010.

Patrick Vieira’s Cheshire mansion has gone on sale for £2.2million Credit: Mercury Press

The luxurious property boasts a wine cellar, pantry, boot room, sauna and playroom Credit: Mercury Press

The family home on the outskirts of leafy Wilmslow – on the market for a cool £2,295,000 – boasts ‘an exceptional bespoke interior nestled in mature gardens’, according to the estate agent blurb.

Other luxuries across the 6,500 sq ft site include landscaped gardens, a wine cellar, pantry, boot room, sauna and playroom, as well as a double garage.

Patrick Vieira is just 10/1 with some bookmakers to replace Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger Credit: Mercury Press

The mansion has six double bedrooms, three of which are en suite Credit: Mercury Press

The family home on the outskirts of leafy Wilmslow boasts ‘an exceptional bespoke interior nestled in mature gardens’ Credit: Mercury Press

The wine cellar could be a selling point for some buyers Credit: Mercury Press

Boasting a sauna, Patrick Vieira brought the property during his time at Manchester City Credit: Mercury Press

Patrick Vieira won 11 major trophies during his time at ArsenalCredit: Mercury Press

In addition to the master bedroom and en suite bathroom, there is another dressing room-come-bedroom, and five further double bedrooms, three of which are en suite.

Vieira, who won 11 major honours in nine years at Arsenal, this week defended the manager who signed him in 1995, saying Wenger was not to blame for the north London club’s recent poor form.