Robin van Persie is one of those nasty Dutch bastards who you love when they play for you and hate when they play against you. Whilst I can understand why rival fans wouldn’t like him too much, I’ve always really rated him. It’s rare that I have such a high opinion of a rival team’s player but van Persie is a player I’ve sung the praises of time and again.
This morning’s papers have linked us with a move for the 25-year-old striker and whilst you can’t put blind faith in what some rag has to say, is it really the most outrageous suggestion that we could be after him?
Van Persie has just one year left on his current deal and has aspirations higher than what Arsenal can meet at the moment.
Whilst selling to a rival club would usually bring about a massive price-tag, if a deal was even possible, we are in a better position because time is running out on his contract. Arsenal lost Flamini in the same way last summer and will not want to make the same mistake again. The last time the contract renewal was mentioned in the press came from a van Persie interview at the end of May.
“The club and I have not been able to make any headway,” he told De Telegraaf. “But maybe I will soon have something new to report. That is all I have to say on this now.”
The major hold back would arguably be his fitness, as he is prone to injury, which could bite us in the arse if we’ve forked out a reasonable sum for him. Despite that though, his statistics are pretty good.
08/09 – Played 44, scored 20, assisted 15 (behind a goal in 80% of games played)
07/08 – Played 23, scored 9, assisted 4 (behind a goal in 57% of games played)
06/07 – Played 31, scored 13, assisted 8 (behind a goal in 68% of games played)
Would you want him at Old Trafford and how much do you think we would have to pay?
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Quality player but injury prone, unfortunately.
Absolutely!! Top class, never shys away in big games, scores great goals, can play wide right and cut in (like Messi), good free kick taker and has that bite and agression which was lacking in last seasons champs league final. I 100% back this bid (if its true)
I wouldn’t have a problem with him in regard to personality or history but I think we need an out-and-out striker & VP’s positioning is too similar to Rooney & Berb.
As much as I enjoy the rivalry with Arsenal & disliking them on match-day, I wouldn’t like to see them lose any more of their top players. The league needs a strong Arsenal.
pure quality!
Great player, but nothing more than agent talk trying to get his player a better deal. As in the past, United more now than ever, will be linked with any player who is looking for a new deal or inflated fee move.
He would be a fantastic addition. If we also added Benzema and Valencia we would be close to replacing Ronni. RVP also brings prem and epl experience. These three are more realitic then Ribery (too expensive) or Torres(will never come).
Sorry to undermine your logic, but Van Persie has a full TWO YEARS left on his contract, hence the lack of panic at Arsenal about new terms….
Good plaer,but injury prone at times.
A very one footed player but he is really talented. I remember, after Henry left and van Persie started the 06/07 season in top form, thinking that van Persie could achieve the same status in the game as Henry. He’s had too many injuries and a weak team to support him to really become one of the best but he is still an outstanding player. I’d buy him if he was available for 20 million, definitely.
definitely would take him – him and roon would be brilliant. But can’t see it happening to be honest.
Also he can play across the front – hence replacing ronnie
When did Arsenal last sell a player to United?
Can’t see it happening myself. Summer tabloid stuff.
He is ridiculously injury prone, plus Wenger would never sell to us.
Wow his stats last season were actually pretty good. I personally found him very frustrating too watch. Thought he needed too many touches and too many attacks broke down around him. Wenger has compared him to Bergkamp but I don’t see it myself, one touch from Bergkamp could slice open a defence,though Van Persie probably has more goals in him.
I thought he was outstanding at the beginning of the season before last when he seemed to take up the baton after Henry left, but then he got injured and hardly played again that season. His free kicks also suffered last season, he didn’t score one!!! Nevertheless I am still a fan of his and think he is able to do things other players can’t and I hope he hangs on. Contrary to his public image he is actually supposed be quite a nice guy, a source that works at the Arsenal traning ground says that he is one of a handful of players who don’t have their heads stuck up their ass!!!!
Do I think you will sign him? If you want him enough and offer maybe half what you got for Ronaldo, you may get him, personally I think if he leaves us we will sell him abroad as others clubs will also be interested.
pinching one of our rivals best players very unlikely, cesc: now i would LOVE to see him at Old Traford.
are you stupid? if u think rvp would leave the Gunners to go to United u must be out of your mind. Keep dreaming, we are waiting to watch u slide down the ladder since ur ‘golden boy ‘ has left. United 2010 i dont think so
20 Milli for one foot
Scores 1 out 10 freekicks
Believes he can tackle & then gets injured
I’ll drive him there myself.
Agree about the injury prone, in fact that is what has stopped him becoming a really great player.
sign him and ashley young and we’re good to go for the new season…
He is a player who likes to think he is a Bergkamp type of player, but he is much better used as an out-and-out striker. He could be great with Rooney behind him.
But is is a non-story, he will start alongside Bendtner next season.
Will never happy, but along with Cesc he is one of the top players the gunner have and it would be great to pinch him from a rival. But like the others have said. He is very injury prone.
I agree 100% with Scott..i’ve always thought he was class even if he is a bit of a snotty bastard but his ability on the pitch is great…also a pretty decent free kick taker i’m all for him though he does seem to be a bit injury prone..in fact i’m always happy when he gets injured for arsenal cos arsenal with van persie on the pitch are a much better team
Every team would like to have Robin in their ranks..but I cant see it happening now…Arsenal will be looking to strenghten their squad now not to deplete it..Madrid has destroyed the transfer market…tooo bad
frankly i could think of better signings to make….
I thought he was a big cheating puff at Old Trafford this year.
Never happen
I know its off topic but gibbos contract ends this month!! :O
and a good read for some of you…
http://a-kick-in-the-grass.blogspot.com/2009/06/fergie-must-not-panic-buy-as-signs-of.html
Quality player and one I never thought about. Only concern is his injuries. Would take him at United as he is the character we need for rival fans to hate. I see the fascists are gonna probably get Villa. They are taking the piss.
Every day I’m picking up my paper and switching on my computer to find United linked to yet another potential signing. The latest? RVP, Vucinic, Valdes……
Let’s face it, United are wisely playing their cards so close to their chest and no-one has a clue what’s happening. So it seems the newspapers and websites are as much in the dark as the rest of us…they’ve got space to fill, pay a visit to Championship Manager and come up with another name to throw into the frame.
It’s frustrating for us United fans who are desperate for things to happen, especially as Ronny is going. But I think we’ll just have to be patient.
Two other points:
1 – Robin van Persie. Don’t know if you remember a League Cup game against Arsenal a few years back at OT (effectively a reserve match – even Bellion scored!), but RVP came on and was causing havoc, basically kicking everything above the ground. Then young David Jones (now at Wolves) came off the bench, promptly kicked RVP into Row Z and the Arsenal hero wasn’t seen again. So much for hard man – more flat track bully. I’ll bet Fergie noticed that.
2 – if Fergie did know that Ronny was off this summer (and the transfer window hasn’t officially opened yet, I believe) did he sign replacements in Tosic and Ljajic in anticipation of losing a star player but doing it at a time when he would pay a realistic fee and not something that would be pumped up artificially?
sign me after i score a hat trick tonight
robin van persie to manchester united??..hopefully!
fergie has actually said before that if he could sign one player from inside the premier league it would be rvp,that was probably a year or two after we signed him
I’d have taken a gentleman like Bergkamp, but van Persie? No! He’s a bloody good player, but he’s just trying to push Arsenal into some investments this summer.
… Any other names mentioned by the press?!?
Or maybe I’d take him. Right away after we’ve bought Tevez, Valencia, Agbonlahor, Young, Huntelaar, Sanchez, Sneijder, van der Vaart, Villa, Robben, Silva, Lennon, Douglas, Eto’o, Moutinho, Aguero, Ribery, Pastore, Valdes, Benzema, Ibrahimovic
I think Rvp would be a great signing and to get 1 up on the gooners would be class.
willie,it would only be one up on some gooners,if man united paid 10mill for robin id feel we got 1 up on you
@ Arsene Wenger: lol. you are a bit harsh on that lad mite!
and yeah, talking of transfer targets (possible) how about Lucas podolski? no one has even mentioned him till now. i’d say he is about the right type of fellar to do the job at ot!
after my comments bout the cl clash with arsenal the other day
i just can’t say i’d like him to play for united after i wrote here how arrogant i think he is..
we probably get better signings…and wenger would never sell to us..
ANON,sometimes you get a player who isnt so bad but you just never take to them,i have never liked robin van persie,iv never rated him,i dont know why people idolise this guy like he is ian wright or or dennis bergkamp, he scored a few goals but easily had the worst conversion rate per chances at arsenal and probably in the premiership last season
when united sold ronaldo i texted my mate give us 30 mill you can have robin & ade,my mate text back we dont like sulkers and rapists,i replied well you have johny evans and berbatov already.i didnt get a reply,i would love it if you lot signed robin at least just so i could wind my pal up
10 million 4 Rvp are you sure id take that any day of the week.
van Persie is class.
willie,i wouldnt be mad if we sold rvp for 10-15mill,he was knackered after 30 games this season,and his link up play is very titus bramble lol
i could see a van an rooney fight because wayne wont do an henry and just leave him to run his mouth
I still think 4 10 15 million he would be worth a punt plus he would be playing with a better class of player.
@ AW
RvP would be floored if that happened
I don’t understand why we’d sell a striker who scored 20 goals this season and topped the assist chart without even getting going.
Arsene Wenger ( the commentator) … you are a sad opinionated loser mate if you cannot see quality in RvP. He was injury prone, but this year he was pretty good. I thought he carried the team through in the months of Jan and Feb when nothing else was working. He started the run of unbeaten games that got us to 4th .. so stop dissing him.
RvP is more valuable than Ade.
Let’s not sign RVP.
He is, how you say, a TWAT. Nasty player who is unbelievably overated.
Let’s concentrate on getting Douglas Costa. He looks like he could be a world beater and wouldn’t cost more than £15 million. Also he is only 18 or 19.
Nemanja – He looks a quality player mate but he has summat in his contract that he would cost at least £20 million.
signing Rvp could free up wazza
Setanta seems to think the Costa Rumours have legs. His release clause is somewhere in teh region fo 17.8mill and 21mill
MKRed @ 11:26 – your second point – the signing of Tosic and Ljajic as pre-emptive moves ahead of Ronaldo’s departure – is probably quite true.
Nohting is going to happen on the UTD transfer-front until the Ronaldo signs for TheVirus and the cheque clears; then, the Tevez situation needs to be clarified – will he re-sign/won’t he ?
Once those two issues are resolved then I would imagine that the contingency plans will get a chance to unfold. I’m kinda surprised that no one has yet mentioned the noises being reported from Lyons that they don’t think they can hold on to Benzema which makes me wonder if they are preparing their supporters for his departure. There’s also been a lot of noise around the Douglas Costa transfer, too. When you add this up with the public statement that big money won’t be spent on older players then I think you can see which way the wind is going to blow.
Meanwhile, don’t forget to check your computers every thirty minutes !
niksch – what like you’ve been on the slide since Vieira’s left!? You’ve won fuck all since he’s left the club. We’ve sold players and have still been successful. You Prick.
I love the guy, I’d deffo have him!
For 20 mil or something more, we could get a deal. He could buy his contract and come to United, would be an amazing play.
Would like him here, if he could stay fit.
denton – Yes I saw those comments by the Lyon director. Coupled with the fact that Benzema has also said he won’t ask for a move but if the manager wants to sell then he has no choice, hopefully a move to Old Trafford could be on the cards.
RVP- no thanks. he is another saha waiting to happen.
i would love to see benzema at united- i think he is just what we need, but i don’t want to hear another player say he dreams of playing in spain.
also, i haven’t been able to stop watching the highlight video of costa… obviously it is early, but i really think with fergie’s guidance he could be a world class player.
I’m an Arsenal fan. Whoever said RVP is too left-footed, what games were you watching? Most his goals this season were with his right foot! He scored quality goals against Chelsea and LPool with his right.
I hope he stays at Arsenal. Also, he has 2 years left on his contract, not 1.
Douglas Costa is worse than Robinho was at that age. 20 million for an unproven kid who has only played 10 games?!?!?!?!?
Call me crazy, but RVP can be future Arsenal captain if we start winning. He showed those qualities this year. Notice how he was the only one counseling Gibbs after that slip at the Emirates, against United.
pat, get your facts straight, man. douglas costa was electric at the junior copa santiago tournament, and even more so in the south american youth championship (which brazil won).
Your crazy if you spend £20 million on Douglas Costa. The guy looks a talent but is totally unproven.
@Jonny:While Ronaldo was a superstar??If I remember right,he was a lanky,one-trick pony with braces.Look at him now.World Player of the Year,Ballon D’Or winner,been sold for 80 million pounds.
What? Douglas Costa is a totally different player to Ronaldo. Just because that gamble paid off doesn’t mean this one will. Remember Kleberson? What I’m saying is for £20 million you can get so much more. Costa is worth £10 million at a a real stretch.
Denton Davey, we often seem to be talking from the same script.
I, too, recognised the altering tone coming out of Lyon re Benzema and I noticed that he’s a 4 out of 5 certainty tip to join us on the Daily Mail website today. Also, the Costa thing has been running for months, so there’s probably something to it. He certainly looks the business on You|Tube clips.
But as I said nothing can happen until after June 30, when the window re-opens, which is why all the clauses in the supposed Ronaldo pre-contract had to be tied up by then.
Remember a couple of years ago. There was all sorts of speculation about who might and might not join us, just like the present, then suddenly United announced unheralded they had signed Hargreaves, Nani and Anderson in a single hit. Hargreaves was no secret; Nani had been heavily trailed but only a few were talking about Anderson. Sounds just like the current situation.
On a different tack – did anyone notice the gay picture of Fernando Torres on Page 3 of the Mail today and on their website? Seems that our song about the Albert Dock, etc, might not be so far off the mark…
i think it’s foolish to say costa isn’t worth 20 million… that sum is chump change in today’s market, where madrid drop 140 million on two players without thinking twice. 20 million is the standard now… look at glen johnson, 19 million? it’s a sign of the times.
OH FOR FUCKS SAKE NO. PLEASE…. SAF….. PLEASE….
DONT SIGN A GOONER .
FUCKING HELL SCOTTY WONT BE ABLE TO SLEEP NOW, BE HAVING NIGHTMARES ABOUT THE THOUGHT OF THAT GOBSHITE
……UUUGGGGHHH.!!
jonny, who do you think we could get for 20 million as opposed to costa? just curious…
and what do you guys think about m. diarra as a DMF?
I think Jonny is spot on…
Sanj — No thanks on M. Diarra. Just my opinion though… I think we should go with someone younger for that position… (Fernando from Porto!!)
I’d look at Mirko Vucinic- he’s been great at Roma, and he’s played in a system similar to United’s with alternating strikers and attacking midfielders. He’s only 25, has years of experience in Serie A and in Europe, and £20 million would be enough to tempt Roma I think.
Or £20 million might be enough to get Steven Defour and Axel Witsel from Standard Liege, both excellent young midfielders.
PG did you travel up to man shitty and watch van play that day?? did you travel to stoke and watch van get himself red carded? did you get over the emirates to the CL semi and watch him stand next to alex song for half the game?,van is overated and for a player who takes all free kicks and all penaltys,adebayor is better value,he was better when he was a sub 3 or 4 years ago,id take the ten or 15 and get huntelaar,any forward in arsenas team should be scoring 30 goals with the chances created,.its no coincidence that when van was injured ade hit 30 and when van came back this season we struggled for goals,the mans a ball hog
oh and anyone sayin van for afc captain your having a laugh, the geezer couldnt play at bolton away because he was fasting,and that turned out to be one of our best performances
jonny, weren’t we linked with witsel already? maybe during the winter? read up on him, seems like a prospect.
Haven’t seen much of Witsel other than the odd Belgian league and Belgium national team highlights, but what I have seen he looks so composed on the ball and his technical ability is high for someone so young. He and Defour will be at top European clubs sooner or later, no doubt.
seems everton, villa, and arsenal are interested in the duo with bidding to start at 12 mil.
For both? Money well spent.
what about that vucinci (spelling guy) the roma striker, hes a poacher would fit in well for united.
i’d bloody love de rossi from roma as well!
RVP- away and shite….
No.
But i didn’t want Berba at the club for some time.
But in the end the answer will be no anyway i think. Berba is much better.
not sure if it’s for both, i’d imagine it’s individual.
Are we shopping for Hargreaves replacement in the physio room already? Good player, seems a twat though.
Van persie?! an injury prone rapist. No thanks
@arsene wanker
jonny evens is no rapist…piss off to a gooners site wif comments like that