On Friday morning, the Football Association opened an investigation into the incident and Mirror Football understands Everton are assisting Merseyside Police in their own investigation.Įverton manager Frank Lampard said: 'I feel for Patrick. Many sympathised with the Arsenal legend, who when asked about the incident in his post-match press conference said: 'I do not having anything to say about that.' When the couple were photographed together as the French national team displayed their Euro 2000 trophy in Paris in July, Patrick refused to name his companion.īack in 2020, a friend said: 'She has been one of the main reasons he has not given up at Arsenal, despite his feeling that he is victimised by Premiership referees.' The couple went to great lengths to keep Cheryl's identity a secret and Vieira had never named her or talked of his English love before their relationship was revealed in the press. He very quickly introduced Cheryl, who is known to her friends as Cherie, to his mother Rose and the rest of his family in Paris, as well as his team-mates and their wives and girlfriends.Ĭheryl gave up her secretarial job at the Treasury in London to enjoy a luxury lifestyle while living with Vieira in his mansion in the upmarket village of Arkley, Hertfordshire. Cheryl is a beautiful girl and Patrick is head-over-heels.' But Vieira proved to be the love of her life, with one of his friends saying in 2020: 'They are deeply in love.