Michael Vick has described former Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid as a "great guy".

Reid, who is now in charge of the Kansas City Chiefs, will return to Lincoln Financial Field to face the Eagles on Thursday.

The Philadelphia quarterback told reporters: "He's a great man. He's a great friend. I'm definitely going to stay in touch with him, probably for the rest of my life. He's a great a guy. Andy Reid will go down in history in my book as one of the greatest coaches of all time and one of the greatest men I've ever met.

"I'll definitely find some time to shake his hand and say a couple words to him [before the game]. But in the interim, we have to play a football game. I don't think on his side or our side we can get caught up in the emotional aspect of it. We have to understand that we have football to play.

"I'll never forget the opportunities that have been given to me by this organisation, by Andy Reid. That'll never change. But it's not me against Andy Reid, it's not us against Andy Reid, it's the Philadelphia Eagles against the Kansas City Chiefs. They got guys over there who are coming to play good football."

Vick joined the Eagles in 2009, having missed two seasons while serving a prison sentence.