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Free transfer next summer then? Sounds good to me after an unhappy season at Arsenal.
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Arsenal to tell Van Persie that he cannot leave club this summer
EXCLUSIVE
By Wayne Veysey
Arsenal will tell Robin van Persie this week that he will not be granted his wish to leave the club this summer, Goal.com has learned.
The Dutch striker is ready to reiterate his stance that he wants to quit Arsenal before the current transfer window closes in contract discussions that will take place with manager Arsene Wenger and chief executive Ivan Gazidis.
But Gunners officials have decided to gamble on losing Van Persie for nothing next year by holding him to his current deal, which expires in 11 months.
The north Londoners have calculated that the reigning PFA Player of the Year will have less chance of being awarded a lucrative, four-year contract next summer from one of his suitors because of his age – he turns 30 in August 2013 - and chequered injury history and are even hopeful that he will then sign a new Arsenal deal.
Van Persie delivered a bombshell with the statement via his own website on July 4, which effectively said he wanted to leave because he disagreed with Wenger and the board of directors "in many aspects … on the way Arsenal should move forward".
The Dutchman also announced that he would not extend his contract before it expires next June.
But it is understood that Van Perise’s decision to push hard for a transfer and open the way for a move to his principal admirers Manchester City has not altered Arsenal’s desire to keep him and risk losing a £20-25 million asset for nothing.
“We are going to keep him and hold him to his current contract,” a senior source told Goal.com. “When he is 30 it will be easier to re-sign him and in the last year [of his deal] we hope he will change his mind about wanting to leave.”
Arsenal’s risky strategy raises the possibility that they will have a disgruntled player on their hands who does not come close to re-producing his remarkable performances of the 2011-12 season, when he scored 37 goals and inspired the team to third in the Premier League after a disastrous start to the campaign.
But the club are confident that Van Persie, who was re-united with his Arsenal colleagues at pre-season training on Tuesday after undergoing a medical assessment on Monday upon his return from a four-week summer break, will committed to the club cause.
The club expect the Dutchman to be on the Arsenal flight to Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, for their three-match pre-season tour of Asia, which also takes in Beijing and Hong Kong. Arsenal play Man City at Beijing's Bird's Nest stadium on Friday of next week.
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Arsenal to tell Van Persie that he cannot leave club this summer
EXCLUSIVE
By Wayne Veysey
Arsenal will tell Robin van Persie this week that he will not be granted his wish to leave the club this summer, Goal.com has learned.
The Dutch striker is ready to reiterate his stance that he wants to quit Arsenal before the current transfer window closes in contract discussions that will take place with manager Arsene Wenger and chief executive Ivan Gazidis.
But Gunners officials have decided to gamble on losing Van Persie for nothing next year by holding him to his current deal, which expires in 11 months.
The north Londoners have calculated that the reigning PFA Player of the Year will have less chance of being awarded a lucrative, four-year contract next summer from one of his suitors because of his age – he turns 30 in August 2013 - and chequered injury history and are even hopeful that he will then sign a new Arsenal deal.
Van Persie delivered a bombshell with the statement via his own website on July 4, which effectively said he wanted to leave because he disagreed with Wenger and the board of directors "in many aspects … on the way Arsenal should move forward".
The Dutchman also announced that he would not extend his contract before it expires next June.
But it is understood that Van Perise’s decision to push hard for a transfer and open the way for a move to his principal admirers Manchester City has not altered Arsenal’s desire to keep him and risk losing a £20-25 million asset for nothing.
“We are going to keep him and hold him to his current contract,” a senior source told Goal.com. “When he is 30 it will be easier to re-sign him and in the last year [of his deal] we hope he will change his mind about wanting to leave.”
Arsenal’s risky strategy raises the possibility that they will have a disgruntled player on their hands who does not come close to re-producing his remarkable performances of the 2011-12 season, when he scored 37 goals and inspired the team to third in the Premier League after a disastrous start to the campaign.
But the club are confident that Van Persie, who was re-united with his Arsenal colleagues at pre-season training on Tuesday after undergoing a medical assessment on Monday upon his return from a four-week summer break, will committed to the club cause.
The club expect the Dutchman to be on the Arsenal flight to Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, for their three-match pre-season tour of Asia, which also takes in Beijing and Hong Kong. Arsenal play Man City at Beijing's Bird's Nest stadium on Friday of next week.
blue wang
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hes not coming, move on , move on
what ever way you look at it ,it is getting less and less likely.
keep the 4 , forza mancini
what ever way you look at it ,it is getting less and less likely.
keep the 4 , forza mancini
davewatsonstackle
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Just been announced on SSN that RVP is not travelling with Arsenal on their summer tour plus hes not on the AFC website in relation to new kit and merchandise etc..hes defo leaving
Ntini77
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He's got that whole Richard Gere look going on. Handsome.
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He does appear to be getting better looking with age. Fair play to him.Ntini77 said:
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