Fabio Vieira responds to dressing room nickname he shares with Gary Neville

Fabio Vieira has yet to make his Arsenal bow, but he's already settled into the Gunners dressing room, with his team-mates quickly giving him a brutal new nickname.

The Portuguese midfielder signed from FC Porto earlier this summer, adding to Mikel Arteta's creative options for the upcoming season. But he has thus far not been able to appear for his new side after picking up an injury on international duty.

Vieira is with his new colleagues in America however and could yet make his debut in the upcoming friendlies with Orlando City and Chelsea. It's valuable bonding time whether he's playing or not and he's admitted that Nuno Tavarez has already given him a nickname he shares with Manchester United legend Gary Neville.

"He says I look like T-Bag from Prison Break," he said during an interview with the Athletic. "Oh my god, he calls me that all the time! He's always joking with me." Asked if he agreed, he replied: "More or less!"

Theodore Bagwell, or T-Bag, was one of the main characters of the hit drama Prison Break. Played by Robert Knepper, T-Bag carried out a series of violent crimes and was one of the main villains throughout it's five-season run.

And Vieira shares the nickname with Sky Sports' Neville, who revealed that Wayne Rooney used to call him it throughout the pair's time at Old Trafford. Whilst interviewing Declan Rice on his Overlap YouTube channel earlier this year, the West Ham and England midfielder said his favourite TV show was Prison Break.

"You're gonna come up with the joke about me now, aren't you? Do you know they call me T-Bag?" Neville replied: "Yeah, Rooney called me that for years."

The former Derby boss then tweeted: "We call @GNev2 T-Bag because he is a ringer of T-Bag in Prison Break. For everyone asking."

But despite the character being one of the most notorious TV villains of recent time, the England international responded: "Do you know what? He's a great character, though. He's a great character."

Neville clearly wasn't too upset though and was happy to recreate one of T-Bag's most infamous scenes, when he offered his pocket to a fellow inmate during the first season.

As for Vieira he'll have time to earn a new name in the dressing room, but is in line for some more stick with his initiation song planned before the Premier League season starts next month.

"I haven't had to do mine yet, but it's coming," he added. "We do the same thing in Porto — but in Porto it's different because it's my home and I know the people! But I'll be OK, no problem. It's not easy, but let's do it!

"I like Brazilian music, Latino songs. It's a good choice — when I start to sing, the others will join in! That will be easier, they'll help me!"