RvP has 100 goals left in his boots if he can stay as healthy as he did this season.
Robin van Persie
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RvP has 100 goals left in his boots if he can stay as healthy as he did this season.
Gotta agree with the above, RVP reminds me of RVN in the sense he is likely to score a goal at anytime and more likely to score in the big games.
I see your point but Drogba is the exception not the rule; the guy is one of the best athletes I've ever seen in football so it's unsurprising he lasted so long. He was also a wonderful technical player so let's not imagine he was inferior to RVP in that respect. You have to admit that a good number of strikers fall off pretty dramatically in their thirties. We could each produce a list of players that performed well into their thirties and players who deteriorated dramatically in their thirties, the point is that it's a gamble to assume he is still going to be playing at this level in his early thirties. Plus my point about resale value has to be taken into account.
If our luck/record with Fortune, Saha, Hargreaves, Anderson, Owen, Rio etc is anything to go by then it does look a risky gamble to sign a talented but injury prone player for a big sum and just hope that somehow things change.
I'm not just worried about RVP's injury record but also our record with such players. I can't really remember the last time we were able to positively turn around an injury-prone players career. May be Giggsy to an extent but we didn't really sign him.
I'm not just worried about RVP's injury record but also our record with such players. I can't really remember the last time we were able to positively turn around an injury-prone players career. May be Giggsy to an extent but we didn't really sign him.
I think we would do well to get 150 games out of him let alone 100 goals.
Even if you get 150 games out of him you're likely to get around 70+ goals...
Not a very classy act from Wenger - not as if it was expected. A player who gave so many years to the club and served as a captain, they should show more respect and let him have his will granted to join United.
Sure you'd be saying exactly the same if a United player wanted to do the same.
Why the hell would I be saying the same thing if it was a United player?
It's RVP's record in the big games that has me willing this transfer through more than anything else tbh. His record again both Liverpool & Chelsea is very good whereas Rooney's against the former at least is pretty poor
Rooney has an outstanding record of scoring in big games.
Of course, having two strikers with that kind of record would be no bad thing.
Of course, having two strikers with that kind of record would be no bad thing.
RVP is worth 20 million even with 11 months left on his contract. I think we should just cough up to be honest.
If he is 20m (with contingent fees included) then definately worth a gamble. He would give us one of the best strike forces in the whole of Europe. The only question is whether he would stay fit enough to play most of the matches.
Having said that, I dont think I'd be used to him in a Manchester United shirt. He was always such an arrogant cock with the gooners.
We dont need RVP, can we just buy a midfielder please.
Something tells me you'd get used to the arrogance of a player when playing for a rival pretty quickly once he started banging them in...
a Good read on the whole situation and why Arsenal are reluctant to sell to United.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/robin-van-persie-transfer-to-manchester-1240602
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/robin-van-persie-transfer-to-manchester-1240602
most top players are
Something tells me you'd get used to the arrogance of a player when playing for a rival pretty quickly once he started banging them in...
Is absolutely spot on.
i would much rather us sign RVP over any midfielder ive seen linked with us
I'd much rather we sign any midfielder we've been linked with rather than RVP. Hell, I'd much rather we sign literally any midfielder.
we've signed two in powell and kagawa.
both play sneijder/nasri role which everybody was crying out for
Djemba Djemba resigning
Ah, no, you mistake my point, I'm not part of the sign a midfielder or we burn down Carrington brigade, I just really, really don't want us to sign Van Persie.
I've always been a huge fan of RVP and his amazing shooting technique but with his injury history I'm not sure whether I should dream of his moving to Old Trafford.
Nonsense.
'So be it' means we keep a lot of money in the bank where it does us no good, and we don't get a top player on the pitch where he could help us win trophies.
I think the stalling might be due to us haggling over how much they get up front and how much is based on appearances, etc. I reckon we'll get him in the end.
Never stop dreaming! I dream of things far, far, far less likely to ever happen, than RVP moving to OT!
It's fun and it's free, what more can you ask for!
I think they are stalling in the hope that a club that is not Manchester United comes in for him and a club that RVP is interested in.
As I said before, I can't see Arsenal throwing away 18-20m to keep him for just 5 months before he'll be signing a pre-FREE-contract with whomever he pleases.
I hope so, that was my feeling as well. With his injury record an appearance based add on should be a given. Arsenal probably don't agree though, and want the whole amount up front, which is not that surprising given RVP's injury record!
Traitor!
I don't think they are that arsed tbh. They have seen enough of their players leave and go on to play for rivals, to be considered hardened to such a prospect.
I agree with Badunk, we probably want to offer so much up front and so much based on appearances. Arsenal probably want the lot up front, they want us to take the risk they are not prepared to.
So we won't be seeing you at the weekly wine and cheese tasting meeting tonight then?
Maybe we're trying to add in success based clauses, and since Arsenal are our main competition for trophies they don't think it'll be worth while for them, as they'll win them all.
The point is - there is no opportunity cost.
Fergie is dead set against buying a midfielder, and what other top players are out there that we could more productively spend the money on?
Our defence is fine, and if Fergie decided to shore up LB, it wouldn't require a lot of cash. Since midfield is ruled out, that leaves wingers and forwards. Despite our flirtation with Lucas, we're quite strong on the wings already, so our forward line, almost by default, is the area where money could be spent. RvP is the best forward out there.
Never stop dreaming! I dream of things far, far, far less likely to ever happen, than RVP moving to OT!
It's fun and it's free, what more can you ask for!
So it's like masturbation?
(I was going to say sex, but that's not free)
I don't think this is going to happen anyway, but since we were going for Moura anyway at the same time there is no reason why we can't have RVP + a midfielder (Moutinho please).
--------RVP--Hernandez
Nani------------------Welbeck
------Carrick---Rooney
Evra---Vidic---Rio------Valencia
------------De Gea
Veryyyyy attacking.
Nani------------------Welbeck
------Carrick---Rooney
Evra---Vidic---Rio------Valencia
------------De Gea
Veryyyyy attacking.
Never mind - if we wait until RVP signs a new 10-year contract, we can get him for peanuts in 2021.
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