I know we have a few strikers but can we pass up on a quality player like him with his contract not yet renewed? I think he would be too good for us not to try and get him, with him Rooney, Welbeck and Hernandez would be almost unrivaled foursome to choose from. I know the Berbatov thing will come up in this thread but its not about wether he stays or goes its about the chance to sign a quality player like Van Persie!
Do we go for RVP?
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He's in talks for a new deal, he's going nowhere.
Rather get a midfielder first but if we can afford him as well then we should absolutely sign him, although City would out-bid us. However, I think he'll stay at Arsenal.
I'm sure we stand out as a natural alternative for him...
His injury record coupled with his age and the wages he'd be looking for make it extremely unlikely.
No, he isn't.
I literally hate threads like this.
1. Arsenal won't sell to us.
2. Like Nasri, they'd rather sell to City.
3. Like Nasri, City would buy him for the sole reason of stopping us.
4. We have Rooney as our first choice, two fantastic youngsters as alternatives and a very different option as fourth choice with great experience and happy to be part of the squad.
It's a pointless discussion and there is already a RVP thread to discuss his future anyway.
1. Arsenal won't sell to us.
2. Like Nasri, they'd rather sell to City.
3. Like Nasri, City would buy him for the sole reason of stopping us.
4. We have Rooney as our first choice, two fantastic youngsters as alternatives and a very different option as fourth choice with great experience and happy to be part of the squad.
It's a pointless discussion and there is already a RVP thread to discuss his future anyway.
I didnt realise he was 28 I was thinking 25, fair enough point!
I'm sure there was a story on BBC recently saying he'd opened talks, because I was going to bump a thread before realising I couldn't be arsed.
1. Might not have a choice..that or he goes free the next year
2. Nasris agent got him the money move to city, thats been well talked about
3. Dont be stupid
4. What if Berbatov leaves?
Nope. No talks until the end of the season. By then, it could be Nasri all over again.
BBC Sport - Robin van Persie will delay contract talks until the summer
Transfers like this just.. don't happen.
Arsenal may not be the team they were 5 years ago, but even so, they're definitely not in the position where they'd let their main player go to a rival. Not a chance. If RvP does leave, it'll be to Spain and because he's turned down a contract offer.
Wenger knows the importance of him to Arsenal now, he won't be naive enough not to offer him a fantastic contract.
Arsenal may not be the team they were 5 years ago, but even so, they're definitely not in the position where they'd let their main player go to a rival. Not a chance. If RvP does leave, it'll be to Spain and because he's turned down a contract offer.
Wenger knows the importance of him to Arsenal now, he won't be naive enough not to offer him a fantastic contract.
I really don't see him leaving, he's an Arsenal fan as well as a player and there's plenty of time to sort a deal.
Pfffffffffffftttttttt. Heard it all before. I won't be surprised in the slightest if he leaves. It's his last opportunity for a big move and a chance to actually win things.
I don't normally buy into that crap either, but I'm pretty sure he genuinely was an Arsenal fan growing up, no?
No idea, honestly. I would be surprised. Unless he's like Robbie Keane and had 18 boyhood clubs.
The way I see it, he's carrying that team at the minute. Are the Arse going to break their wage structure for him? I can't see it. Then you look at what Nasri is earning at Shitty. At his age, he'd be mad not to be considering his options. Which is exactly what I think he is doing by refusing to talk contracts until the season ends.
If Arse have underwhelmed, I think he'll be off. Not to us, obviously.
Yeah, I can just imagine him wandering around the streets of Rotterdam as a kid with a ball at his feet pretending to be Perry Groves or David Hiller.
Bergkamp, maybe?
Nah, not if they were his boyhood club. He'd have been about 14 when they signed Bergkamp. I'm sure it was Kevin Campbell that he idolised.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Steve Morrow.
Agreed. It will never happen. You are Shitty's feeder team. Not ours.
Erm..... The feck?
Quality player. Injury prone.
No.
Quality player. Injury prone.
No.
Marc Overmars perchance, again he'd have been about 14 so I'm stretching here.
Why would it effect anything, if that picture was 15-20 years ago? Everyone discovering that he was a Arsenal fan as a child, or at least wore the shirt, doesn't change anything for Van Persie.
"Proves." 
The Metro. Fantastic stuff.
The Metro. Fantastic stuff.
"Proves."
The Metro. Fantastic stuff.
I think the proof is that RVP won't discuss a new deal until the season ends. Very telling.
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"Proves."
The Metro. Fantastic stuff.
Journalism at it's finest.
That's it, all wrapped up. End of saga.
The Metro would want to be careful trying to prove things by posting pictures of children in their bedrooms.
Frankly, I'm amazed at the rampant criticism aimed at a free newspaper that I found in a bus stop bin.
It's free? What a rip off.
I want my money back.
I think I finally lost faith in the Metro when I opened that day's paper to see a two page ad for a one day electrical goods sale. That had taken place nine days before.
Almost as bad as the emails I get from ITV half-an-hour after a match, telling me I could watch it live on their channel.
If he decides he does want to move on, we won't be able to compete financially with the likes of City. Similar to the Nasri situation.
Pretty sure he's said he wouldn't play for another team in England.
Do you believe what footballers say?
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