The Dutchman Robin van Persie has been compared to the former United great Eric Cantona by the manager Sir Alex Ferguson. Eric Cantona is widely regarded as one of the best players who has represented Manchester United in the illustrious history of the club. Even though Robin van Persie still has a long way to go before matching the success of the enigmatic Frenchman, Ferguson believes that he has a lot of similar attributes to Cantona. Van Persie was brought…
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…
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…