The midfielder of Manchester United, Ryan Giggs, has said that Robin Van Persie is one of the greatest strikers going around and if he keeps playing in the same kind of form, it would help Manchester United to regain the Barclays Premier League title in the ongoing season. In the last season, United’s dominance in the Premier League was ended by Manchester City which won the Premier League title of 2011-12 on the basis of goal difference. The lack of…
The Manchester United striker Javier Hernández has said that he is extremely happy at the arrival of the star striker Robin van Persie. The 29-year-old Dutchman came to Old Trafford in a £ 24 million deal from Arsenal. However, the Mexican striker Javier Hernández has said that he is not worried about the lack of first-team opportunities he will now have to face following the arrival of the Dutchman. Instead, he has said that he will work much harder in…
Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis said that the club are certainly not in a hurry to take a decision with regard to the future of star striker Robin van Persie. He has also revealed that the Dutchman still has a lot of time in order to make that decision over his future. The 28-year-old star striker is out of contract at the end of next season, which has put a lot of pressure on the club to sign him on…
In case you have missed the standard media frenzy on the back pages of the tabloids, here is some football news for you: despite heading home early from the Euros with Holland, Arsenal striker, Robin van Persie, is yet to sign a new deal with the Gunners. Leaving aside stats regarding RVP’s dodgy injury record, let us just say straight off that this is understandably a slight point of worry for Arsenal fans. However, the fact that manager, Arsene Wenger,…
On Thursday, Robin van Persie, the Arsenal striker, was quite relaxed regarding his future as he received the Football Writers’ Player of the Year award, insists that no matter he plays for Arsenal in the future or not, he will always be a gunner. The 28 year old Dutch player was positioned at the top after the poll by journalists with a marginal win over Wayne Rooney and Paul Scholes of Manchester United, followed by Clint Dempsey of Fulham who…
The observation by critics about Arsenal being a one-man team has been proved yet again with The Gunners riding a brace from talismanic Dutch striker Robin Van Persie to overcome Liverpool 2-1 at Anfield. Liverpool, fresh from their League Cup win in their first trip to the new Wembley against Cardiff City, controlled the entire match and could have gone in front in the 18th minute had Dutch midfielder Dirk Kuyt not missed the penalty that was awarded to them….
Arsenal striker Robin van Persie has said that the club still miss the services of Samir Nasri and Cesc Fabregas. The club lost both these players in the summer transfer window for £ 25 million and £ 34 million respectively. Even though Arsenal made huge amount of money from the sale of these players, they have invested only a small amount of it back into the team. As a result, they struggled big-time during the start of the campaign. It…
Talismanic Arsenal striker Robin van Persie has emerged as a transfer target for a host of big European clubs, including the likes of nine times European Cup champions Real Madrid and cash rich English Premier League club Manchester City. The Dutch striker, who was recently named as the captain of the football club after the summer departures of Cesc Fabregas to Barcelona and Samir Nasri to Manchester City has stalled on negotiations for a new contract until the summer and…