With
the recent announcement that the Gunners’ captain will not be renewing his
contract, Arsenal fans have gone wild. The hate towards van Persie from some
Arsenal fans seems to have, from what I can see, gone off the scale. This video is a
good example:
But
do they have the right to be so angry? Van Persie has been with Arsenal for
eight years now and, although persisted by injury problems early on, he has
honed his skills and had a brilliant 2011/12 season, scoring 30 goals and
winning the Premier League Golden Boot. Fans are complaining that RVP has had
one good season and already wants to move, and how he is now a ‘great betrayer’
like Samir Nasri. But naturally, it should be expected that other teams will be
interested in van Persie.
Following
a meeting with Arsene Wenger and club chief executive Ivan Gazidis, RVP stated
“unfortunately in this meeting it has again become clear to me that we in many
aspects disagree on the way Arsenal FC should move forward”. Fair enough. He
also wants to win trophies, something which the team hasn’t done much of in
recent years. Although the team has regularly qualified for the Champions
League, the club hasn’t won any silverware since 2005.
Whatever
anyone says, a definite positive to RVP’s possible move away from Arsenal is the amount
of jokes coming from it:
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