According to Eurosport, RVP's wife says that he is staying at Arsenal, so end of story, at least until January 2013.

"Arsenal showed faith in Robin when he was going through a lean time, so we should not repay them by thinking about other clubs. Our home life and our children are happy in London." - Robin van Persie's wife says the striker will DEFINITELY stay at Arsenal. That's that then. ED expects that new contract to be signed within the week.

Choice is stay at a club that will mean he will win nothing in his football career or good shops! Has anyone not been to Manchester recently. Harvey nicks, Selfridges ext.

Hi Michael from Sydney Australia

There seem to be arguments for and against RVP. From the latest media reports his Mum doesn't want him going anywhere, so lets assume for the moment that he stays in London. There seems to be a lot of support for Bale, and I take the point from Daxman a few posts earlier about Bale's ability to cross the ball. My question is this - who does Bale cross the ball too? If we don't have Djeko on the park then there is no tall presence out there other than from set pieces. On his good days Djeko is very very good and on his off days he is the opposite.

My solution (and I suspect it may be unpopular given some of the comments on the forum) would be to send Tevez to Milan and take Ibrahimovic in return. If it meant also tossing in a Kolarov as well plus a few more Euros then I would do it.

Ibrahimovic seems to have his detractors. However I believe that the boss rates him very highly. I believe we need a tall reliable presence up front for the crosses. By the way I thought Giroud the French striker seemed to be very good in the air and a cheaper option than Ibrahimovic.

falcao every single second of every day of the week. he isnt the tallest, but he's absolutely immense in the air

Agreed :) falcao is amazing!

I'd tip Tevez to go, too.

You don't buy the Player of the Year to rotate him. You don't rotate our love Aguero. Balotelli good or bad will always play a lot under Mancini. Tevez will not sit on the bench and be happy as 4th striker.