Anyone reckon Chelsea will go after him?
Robin van Persie
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Getting a bit tired of the "I want to win things"-argument, tbh. What player doesn't want to win things? What I hear from RvP (and the likes) is "I want to join the biggest favorite possible, and hopefully win, but if not, then get twice the money I'm getting here at least".
Possibly, I'd say it hinges on whether that Hulk deal goes through or not.
Tell that to Powell, tell that to Smalling, tell that to Jones.
It's probably using 'leave for trophies' in a different light as it doesn't compare really to the solid (not fantastic) position that Arsenal are in as a club to mount trophy challenges.
Perhaps not the best example by my self but I still don't understand the lack of personal ambition from RvP and faith in the club. If he was at Everton or Spurs then I could totally understand it. Even Liverpool without the serious worth to mount a challenge to the top 4.
It just seems a bit odd to me is all.
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Fergie loves him.
why didn't he spend the dosh when he was at feyenoord then?
He was class then, but had a bad attitude problem (though that hasn't stopped fergie in the past).
is that frimpong?
He cost £2.75m when they bought him from Feyenoord. Amazing move.
He's 29 and not worth £225k a week at all, especially if City offer him more than a 3 year deal. They will get screwed obviously, but they have so much money, they don't really care. I really hope there is nothing in the rumors linking us with him.
we need to get all of our lads to start laying the groundwork for this.
tweets, phone calls, call of duty xbox/ps3 sessions...all of our english lads..rio, clevz, jones, smalling, wayne in his ear.
Wilshere needs to be at utd.
ah fair enough.
dont want him at utd now however given his age and injury profile.
would be asinine getting him over a midfielder or two
I'm sure I read a transcript of a Q&A a few years back where Fergie was asked a question about which player he'd sign from a rival. He answered RVP.
That was several years and injuries ago and I'm sure it's no longer relevant. If he is available on a free next year though, I wouldn't be surprised if we made an enquiry or two.
That was several years and injuries ago and I'm sure it's no longer relevant. If he is available on a free next year though, I wouldn't be surprised if we made an enquiry or two.
He's a top-class player who's available, so I'd be surprised if we didn't take a shot at him anyway.
He'd be an improvement over what we have in the forward line (with the exception of Rooney).
He'd be an improvement over what we have in the forward line (with the exception of Rooney).
Trionz is right. Fair enough leaving and all, but telling the fans that he's leaving?! The man's an absolute disgrace.
Why? I think he has shown respect by telling them himself.
How better they find out? After months of rumours and whispers?
He has every right to leave. Arsenal are nowhere his best option for him anymore - by any measure.
Teams adapt. We did after Ronaldo left.
Who's to say that Podolski & Giroud dont score 25 each?
He Will Leave When He Wants
He Will Leave When He Wants......
Robin Van Persie, He Will Leave When He Wants!!!
He Will Leave When He Wants......
Robin Van Persie, He Will Leave When He Wants!!!
It's not a loss on the scale of Fabregas, we'll get over it and he'll probably go down hill fast.
He is being a cider.
I don't feel respected. None of us do.
He doesn't have any right, as he still has one year in his contract.
We have the right to sell him, and hence the statement yesterday.
The guy is getting desperate as no one bar Juventus has made any form of bid for him.
They is trying to bring attention towards him, after failed Euros.
Bitter.
They can't let it turn into a debacle like that though and sell him after the season has already started. If they're going to let him go, do it soon. Though unlike with Fabregas, it seems they've already bought their replacements.
Honest? Speaks his mind?
I'd say sweet and leaves you with a horrible headache the next day.
That's what made me think they'd resigned themselves to letting him go. Otherwise why would they have spent the precious money!
I'm curious, do the Arsenal fans on here think they should sell him this summer or make him sit out his deal?
Flog him, abroad if possible, if he doesn't want to play for us any more.
From the little I've seen of Giroud I'm not sure he's on RVP's level, or anywhere near it (yet, maybe). Podolski's alright, but he's not really a major improvement on what they have. Arguably the team will be worse, the squad slightly better.
£30m from Barca or Real wouldn't be a bad solution, in the circumstances.
Has Podolski ever scored 25 goals in a season?
....or they arent offering him the 220k a week he could get elsewhere?
If Arsenal offered to match any wages offer he got elsewhere I wonder if Arsenal would suddenly become his best option, he would then have to choose his future on football reason alone.
Im not knocking a player for wanting to get paid as much as possible.
But right now RVP can leave Arsenal based on footballing and financial reasons.
It's be interesting to see if he would still leave if Arse matched his best "new" wage offer
Well, I was more focussed on the fact that they're buying two forwards, rather than the individual qualities of them. My guess was that they didn't want to be in a Fabregas situation when they were scrambling to pick up Arteta and Benayoun at the last minute. I could be wrong though!
29 in 2005. His best since then has been 18 last season.
Scored feck all in his years at Bayern
Oh, I agree with you, I just mean that buying players at that end of the market (£10-15m) isn't a guarantee of success, so they might end up losing the one great player they had to bring in two decent players who aren't on that level. But as I said, I haven't seen enough of Giroud to really know whether there's a lot more to come from him.
Had Van Persie ever scored 37 in a season before last season?
Podalski scored 18 last season? 25 is not unrealistic.
Not saying he will, but who knows?
Teams adapt. Very few collapse just because one player leaves.
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