Posted on Friday, 10th August 2012 by Iain Culverhouse
Well I’m pretty sure I’m going to get slated by people in the comments section no matter whatever happens! So without further-ado, the question I will be looking to answer is – should Arsenal cash in on Robin van Persie and aim to sign Napoli striker Edinson Cavani?
Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis announced he’s open to the idea of selling Cavani, who is a prime target for fat-cats Chelsea and Manchester City.
In present time, Arsenal haven’t been linked with a move for the Uruguayan, but we could be in a position to try and sign the forward if Manchester United decide to offer us £25 million for RVP, which in my view would be foolish to turn down.
Van Persie turned 29 the other day so any move away from Arsenal would probably be his last big one, especially given his injury history. There are a lot of Arsenal fans who rightly don’t want to see the club sell him, especially not to another Premier League outfit, and again there are some fans who just want the saga to be over as soon as possible and don’t care where the Dutchman ends up.
If Arsenal do decide to cash in on Van Persie then they would be taking a risk. The risk being that he decides to have another season like he did last year and it all backfires on us.
However, there is also the gamble of if we keep him then he could have another one of his less successful seasons, pick up an injury and obviously lose him for nothing next summer.
Personally, I think we should just sell him, as I do not think he will perform anywhere nearly he did last season. Besides, he’s 29 and if we get £20-25 million for him then that would be great.
We have already bolstered our front-line with the acquisitions of Lukas Podolski and Oliver Giroud, so why not get rid of RVP if he wants to leave.
We also still have Theo Walcott and Gervinho who could both come into their own this season, but my gut feeling is that if Van Persie leaves then Theo may be close behind him.
So should Arsenal cash in on Van Persie? Probably. As I mentioned earlier, it would be taking a big risk but equally why should we know recoup a hefty amount and reinvest in someone like Cavani.
A move for Cavani would show the club’s intent to get back to the top and would certainly lift the fans if RVP goes. But I honestly cannot see the move happening. Are we realistically going to be able to match the wages that City or Chelsea are likely to offer a player who has scored 64 goals in two seasons? I doubt it.
But I think getting around £20 million for a 29-year-old forward would be good, especially if Arsenal decide to reinvest it elsewhere in the squad.
One thing is certain the next 21 days are going to be full of twists and turns, but whatever happens I’ll be backing The Gunners as always.
Cash in on RVP and try to bring in Cavani this summer?
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August 10th, 2012 at 4:13 pm
He had a bad olympics. Bt still for me the man to replace rvp is FALCO. Wat a beast he is.
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August 10th, 2012 at 4:21 pm
Sell him abroad even for 15mil, but never, NEVER to United no matter how high the offer!!!
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jk Reply:
August 10th, 2012 at 6:15 pm
completely agree no way should he go to old trafford
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August 10th, 2012 at 4:24 pm
His personal terms are likely to be way beyond us.
If we got £25 million I’d buy Jermaine Defoe and invest in a better back-up keeper,utility defender and defensive midfielder. Defoe would love to play for us (he was a Gooner as a boy) and he’d get a lot of goals given the creativity we now have. I’d look at Craig Gordon in goal,Capoue in midfield and think seriously about Mathijsen who Malaga have to sell
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mo Reply:
August 10th, 2012 at 4:40 pm
Defoe???? are you serious
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marc Reply:
August 10th, 2012 at 5:11 pm
And Craig gorden retired through injury!! If you wanna comment on football please make sure you know what your talking about!!
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Big-D Reply:
August 10th, 2012 at 9:30 pm
Hahaha, you retard! All ya have to do is GOOGLE Craig Gordon and YOU’ll discover that NO, he has NOT RETIRED, He is a free agent since being released by Sunderland! Moron!! PATRONIZING DUMB-ASS!!
IN YOUR OWN WORDS- If you wanna comment on football please make sure you know what your talking about!!
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jk Reply:
August 10th, 2012 at 6:16 pm
defoe cant get in spurs side so no hope gettin in ours
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Big-D Reply:
August 10th, 2012 at 9:32 pm
I agree on Jermain Defoe. I think under AW he could flourish into an Ian Wright type player. Even if he is 29. I’d have him over Chamakh any day
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August 10th, 2012 at 4:25 pm
25m 4 ManU n 20m 4 others; that’s our quotation. No team has come near these figures so how are we gonna cash in?
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Big-D Reply:
August 10th, 2012 at 9:33 pm
We’re not trying to that’s the point
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August 10th, 2012 at 4:29 pm
It is a good buy, but can we afford d wages dat d guy we want to collect.
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August 10th, 2012 at 4:33 pm
And if fat cash Chelsea want Cavani, you think Arsenal can compete? Be realistic, man.
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August 10th, 2012 at 4:34 pm
i think v perise should be sold
he wont be as good as last seasion and i got a feeing he will get injured this year. his 29 getting 20m will be smart and his wages are high.
i would prefer selling him to juve tho even for 15m
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August 10th, 2012 at 4:44 pm
If there is no fund to buy Cavani, forget about him for this season and maintain rvp. If still interested in Cavani, then sell rvp out of England to juvay. plz plz plz do NOT sell him to any of the premiership clubs, with special reference to Man United. We the arsenal fans do not want any humiliation from any of the arch rivals this 2012/ 2o13 season. PLZ Wenger act accordingly.
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August 10th, 2012 at 4:47 pm
I’m just sick of this issue over and over again talking and reading about RVP. My mind so fixated all the time that I can’t browse without perusing thru issues surrounding Man Utd and RVP…Let VP go where his greed is taking and we forget about him completely..When Fab, Nas, etc left we felt and our hearts rested and so will be RVP. Oops! BUT NOT MAN U atleast.
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August 10th, 2012 at 4:54 pm
Obviously, di guy in question wnt 2 liv, so let us cash in nd luk 4 anoda striker wu is ready 2 play 4 us, strikers lik lewandoski, klas jan Huntalaar, cavani, so many of dem, bt all desam our coach no’s beta he can decid on wat 2 do. Guner’s till infinity.
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August 10th, 2012 at 5:16 pm
Pls mr Wenger do not allow Rvp to leave,but at de end of de day if he finally decides to go,then sale him but not for manchester united or any of our big arival in england,and reinvest de money for anoda striker like Lewandoski,Llorente or Cavani and by doing dis believe me we must be successful for dis season.Gunners till i die?
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August 10th, 2012 at 5:18 pm
Let him go what he want 2 go, so dat we can get peace of mind 4 d beginning of d season.
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August 10th, 2012 at 5:18 pm
Selling Rvp to manchester united is like playing an attacking game without defense. We should be mindful of the improvement Rvp can take to Manchester should we sell him to bolster their team. As much as Rvp has annoyed arsenal and arsenal fans, he is a total footballer and not just a goal poacher. If we have to sell Rvp, then it has to be to a club outside England. Luckily, Arsene Wenger is a wise man and he will surely do the right thing moreso, that the Man u supporters are already celebrating before getting our captain. Rvp must not be the first player that Arsene Wenger will sell to that chewing gum loving gaffer.
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August 10th, 2012 at 5:18 pm
Let him go whatever he want 2 go, so dat we can get peace of mind 4 d beginning of d season.
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August 10th, 2012 at 5:19 pm
If Persie is sold there won’t be a replacement as much as we’d want or feel we need one!!! I feel now Wenger will try and lose the deadwood like Vela and Squillaci who today have moved or close to moving on… If Song is sold and I pray to god that he isn’t but should he be sold a DM will arrive!! Other than that maybe a youngster such as Luke Shaw may come in… This is what I think anyways.
Giroud will become the main strike and Podolski with Walcott can play there two, Chamakh could stay!! Wish we had signed Vertonghen though, would have made it the perfect window!!
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August 10th, 2012 at 5:23 pm
Arsenal manegment need to grow a pear and tell rvp song and wallcot that with them we can win a title that will meen somthing and wont be a title that was bought , and then make a statment to the press saying they are not for sale and if clubs keep tapping them up they will be punisht, because all this unknown crapp is killing the vibes of this team
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August 10th, 2012 at 5:36 pm
I would prefer Falcao to cavani, his finishing is terrific & the last time i checked £25m – £30m can do, for RVP juve better even for £15m nt man.utd.ths idiot (fergie) was adamant to sell heinze to liverfool but wnts RVP, what does he take us for?
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August 10th, 2012 at 5:51 pm
Dont we have our pride? Money is not everything you know. No matter the huge amount or attractive money Man U is ready to offer, many gooners like myself are of the opinion that we should not sell Vanpercie to red nose Fergerson.
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August 10th, 2012 at 5:52 pm
Why,oh why does every transfer deal involving Arsenal take so long? Simple, Arsene Wengers control freak nature. RVP wants to leave, Mancs want to buy him, Arsenal want to sell him now because they will want to recoup some of the £40 million plus wages invested in the new players, so why doesn’t it happen? Next thing it will be the last week of the transfer window and he’ll still be with us because of Wenger, who this season said he wants all deals wrapped up asap.Same old thing every season, oh for a man like David Dein to get things done.
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August 10th, 2012 at 5:57 pm
I couldn’t care less if van Persie were to leave right now.
Obviously he’d be a big miss, but what kind of message would Wenger be sending out to the rest of the team if he let’s van Persie (who was captain) stay, remain captain after his statement :S.
Wenger’s not being very strategic if he’s squeezing money out of United as whatever amount they pay us, they’d vastly improve which just makes it harder for Arsenal. I’d take whatever Juventus are offering as long as it’s over £13 million.
Buy Capoue, van der Wiel/Mbiwa and a mobile/technical striker
(Cavani would be too expensive and wouldn’t want to play second fiddle to Podolski or Giroud).
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August 10th, 2012 at 6:04 pm
Why cant we sell RVP to Man U? Who said that RVP will have another season like the last one? Who said RVP will be fit for more than half the season? If we can get Cavani otherwise Lewandowiski
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August 10th, 2012 at 6:19 pm
Cavani will move to city or chelsea his wages are outta our range
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August 10th, 2012 at 6:20 pm
Stop dreaming we cannot and will not meet star player wage demands, so it isn’t going to happen period, so pets stop dreaming please!
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August 10th, 2012 at 6:38 pm
Arsenal as much as it is a football club, it is also a company. We should as fans learn to love the football club and not the player. RVP is getting to the age where we should sell him if he has decided that he wants to leave, because we won’t make any money from him once he is above 30 and can only be offered a 1 year contract (Wengers Policy). It is advisable for Wenger to keep him because he is at his peak and I do not expect it too last long, however, if he was to keep him this will be his last prolific season. He’s been terrific for 8 years even with injuries and his first full year almost broke the record for most goals in a year and then went on to score more goals to become the leagues and arsenals top scorer this season. From Arsene’s point you can see why he want to hold him to his contract. Robin is a complete player and needs to excel in other league if he wants to be known amongst the world’s best perhaps win a trophy else where, he should be free to go by January transfer window if he is not performing even for as little as 5m we will still be making some profit on his head considering how much we paid for him.
As I mentioned earlier arsenal is a company and we do not have the money to buy or pay for such players you people keep demanding and suggesting
Why don’t we just support the ones we have and get behind our favourite club truly our future is bright but some are just to blind to realise.
In Arseene we trust
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August 10th, 2012 at 6:50 pm
It will leave a sour taste in the mouths of many of us seeing RVP wearing Man U shirt either fit or not. I know what the feeling will be among Man U fans if their best player- Rooney should be sold to Arsenal. I believe Eergerson will never allow it.
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August 10th, 2012 at 6:53 pm
RVP- REST VERY PEACEFULLY- WHEREVER U GO. BUT WHATEVER IS UR REASONS FOR LEAVING ALWAYS HAVE IT @ THE BACK OF YOUR MIND THAT U WERE THE UNKNOWN GUY B/4 WE GUNNED FOR U. U MADE URSELF A LAUGHING STOCK BY UR VERBAL OUTRAGE. IF U THINK U WILL DO A ROONEY THEN LOOK BACK @ OUR RECORDS OF HOW WE WELCOME PLAYERS AND DISCARD THEM WHEN THEY WANT TO BE LORDS OF MANOR. IN ESSENCE NO ONE CAN HOLD US RAMSOME.
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August 10th, 2012 at 7:03 pm
Hello Podolski, Giroud, Walcott, OX, Cazorla, Ramsey, Diaby, Gnarby, Eisfeld, Rosicky, Gervinho Arshavin. We have so many attacking options. Our formation is 4-5-1 so people shouting for another striker if RVP goes are off the mark. Wenger has done the right thing investing on a truly talented attacking midfielder CAZORLA to fill in the goals that will surely be missing in RVP’s absence. Just like Fabregas did before he left. We need to buy a right back! Sagna is still injured and Jenkinson although promising is not yet ready, it seems like djourou is staying so we have 4 centre backs plus song. Stacks of midfielders and 5 or six options in attack.
our squad is right up there lets be positive and get behind the team. COYG
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August 10th, 2012 at 7:05 pm
I have a feeling RVP has played a very good “game” for arsenal supporters during this transfer season as he has squeezed some pounds from the bosses who have been hard nuts to crack for years.
He only said that the management wasn’t at par with his ideas not money which could have meant buying some quality players like what they have done other than relying on the nursery to support the first team. The business is being done and he is becoming happy again. You never know because we need him.
But why don’t these writers concentrate on players who should be sold like squillace, arshav,chamac, Djouro, Fabiasc, denelson,bertner etc instead of provoking us with Man U dreams every min?
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August 10th, 2012 at 7:34 pm
Cavani would be great, but is way out of our reach due to other teams offering tastier wage packages, but we could always go for, llorente, huntelaar.
Or take a risk and use giroud and podolski as strickers.
The money could be used for a great DM or LB.
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August 10th, 2012 at 9:35 pm
robin van persie is brilliant and a true leader however with vermalen and arteta and future captain wilsher i think we could cope wit rvp but im not sure i want him to leave espesially with a prem club like man u or man city we should dock the brice cus hes 29 and injury prone and 15mill isnt bad for a 29 year old i dont think we need another forward but barcas afellay looks good and he could easily fill in the boots of walcott if he dosent want to stay then let him go christian tello would also be a good asset but arsenal need a better player in the leftback position other than gibbs and santos and sagna is amazin but hes injured and jenkinson isnt good enough we need another righback backup a goalkeeper backup other than fabianski and get rid of djorou koscielney chamakh and park and bendtner they arnt good maybe let arshavin stay until the nex treansfer windo and see if he has improved sant cazorla is a beast hes only just behind fabregas and i think hes beter than nasri i hope arsenal can compete for trophies now fa cup maybe im not too confident on the prem but i think wee culd finish third and beat city next year ithink chelsea to win or man utd and arsenal behind and liverpool totenham and newcaastle
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jasper fernandez Reply:
August 10th, 2012 at 10:25 pm
Did u jst say we shuld get rid of Koscielny? you must be a joke telling us to get rid of our best defender from the past season. Also, its good of you to actually predict that we wuld end up in 3rd, it shows how much of a good fan you are. Well for me being a die hard Arsenal fan, if we can finish 3rd last season despite how weak our team was, then i am sure of us going for the title with the fantastic players we have added to the existing squad.
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val-gonna-breath-goonz Reply:
August 11th, 2012 at 1:55 am
I still wonder what some idiots say on here, it keeps me pondering if people like you know what you are saying. Koscielny? Keep the f**k quiet and go suck some nipple, buffoon.
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August 10th, 2012 at 9:58 pm
Sell Rvp 2 juve 4 15m n buy Ba from Newcastle
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August 10th, 2012 at 10:06 pm
Sell rvp… Sign huntlelaar, falcao or papis cisse we won’t miss him
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August 10th, 2012 at 10:37 pm
i think dis is d perfect tyme to sell rvp,he is 29 already nd also injury prone,d fact dat he waz in d form of his life doesnt mean he would’nt sustain injuries,i think cavani wage demands can neva b met at arsenal,why nt a llorente or lewandowski
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August 10th, 2012 at 10:38 pm
i think dis is d perfect tyme to sell rvp,he is 29 already nd also injury prone,d fact dat he waz in d form of his life doesnt mean he would’nt sustain injuries,i think cavani wage demands can neva b met at arsenal,why nt a llorente or lewandowski.
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August 10th, 2012 at 11:36 pm
man did you understand what you said, get rid of kocienly? Noooo! I think is high time for rvp to leave us. Y should we keep someone who dont want to play for us, this guy heart is somewhere plz let him gooo! But not to man u/city.i think what we need now is defender like colocini to help kocienly.colocini at the lft back,kocienly and verminator at the centre back then sagna at right back.walcot may come front cos that his normal position.
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August 10th, 2012 at 11:54 pm
Why are we fans always asking Arsene to sell RVP? As if we are going to get some share of the money if sold. The money goes to those greedy bastards on the board. The only thing we derive as fans is the joy and excitement players give us when they play well and i am surprise everyone believes RVP would not be efficient as he was last season and would be injured. What if RVP have truly and finally got over his injury days and goes ahead to play very well for another 5 years? I expect us to be insisting that he should not be sold. If Spurs have refused to sell Modric who is not even training with the team then why should Arsenal sell RVP that has been widely reported to be very lively in training camp. Be warned! We cant get a player like Cavani or Falcao when Man City and Chelsea are there ready to give them the entire yearly budget of some countries. Cavani and even Falcao cant measure up to RVP in terms of quality. you dont know what you have until you lose. IMO RVP should be made to see out his contract even if he ends up not measuring well on the field it would only show that we cant be bullied by teams like MAN C and MAN U. We should also quit talking about embarking on an action to show intent, We are not out to show intentions but to win EPL. Any team can show ambition by buying players but what matters at the end of the day is when the ambitions translate into trophy. What is the use of ambition when it doesnt yield result or give us trophy. Please Gooners lets wake up!!! RVP should be held to his contract, the best thing that can happen now is for AFC to come out and say RVP is not for sale.
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August 11th, 2012 at 1:25 am
I think Arsenal shd not sell RVP unless red faced pays crazy money or the minimum price of 20 plus 5 million gbp bandied about. Then Arsenal shd insist he cannot play the two games against the gunners and away games against Chelsea,Liverpool and MC.These conditions are designed to frustrate the red faced.
Of course he will not abide by this after getting the dm.The gunners can insist on a legal clause able to withstand the scritiny in the courts and FA.
Red faced is facing pressure because two or three season with out winning the epl or fa is the signal time is running ot for him to retire.He may think by getting RVP,he could win the cl.
My greatest wish is for him to meet Feb in the cl final with spanish scoring the winner.
That will really make me jump a thousand times.
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August 11th, 2012 at 1:54 am
the man everyone would want to replace rvp is falcao, shame athletico want 40mill for him, im surprised barca aint gone in for him, they would win the league for the next few years comfortably with him imo. but yeah only player who wouldnt be a step down from rvp would be falcao imo
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August 11th, 2012 at 4:44 am
why not try to give RVP to Napoli plus 5-10million and get cavani that wat plus RVP has to chill at a midtable serie A team
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August 11th, 2012 at 5:06 am
So how about Silent Stan?
If Silent Stan is the “greedy Yank” he’s been made out to be, then explain how it is that Arsenal have spent ~40 million so far… and still appear to be aggresively in the market.
On top of that, they’re putting another 35 to 45 million at risk by inisting that both van Persie and Walcott play out their contracts. That’s crazy right? Can’t happen.
I think that Arsenal is better off with Silent Stan, compared to the previous 5 or 6 years.
He’d barely gotten control when Fabragas and Nasri were sold. Those ships had sailed. But since then, he’s approved the purchase of 5 players on one day. 5 players he is very unlikely to make his money back on.
And of course their is Podolski, Giraurd, and now Cazorla.
Am I the only one? Does anyone else think Stan Kroenke is OK?
Of course you have to wonder, if Usmanov was the owner, what kind of crazy money would he spend on amazing talent (or is that giving in to the dark side)?
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DocBrody Reply:
August 11th, 2012 at 5:07 am
….. *there* is Podolski……
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August 11th, 2012 at 5:09 am
DO NOT SELL! I know there are risks but life is all about risks, he has managed to stay fit over 56games scoring 48goal I think. I’m willing to take that risk, let him see out his contract am sure he can’t afford to suck he wud play his heart out. Gunners till fossil fuel!!!
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August 11th, 2012 at 1:17 pm
Rvp was just confused seeing himself do the unthinkable at the end of the season. So to prove that he was better with the EPL than the other clubs he acted angrilly against AFC for not buying the right players who could have helped in us wining the title. For u to know that He was confused, he does not even no which team will give him that desire. But now, his state of confusion has cleared with AFC showing some signs of Ambition in the market so far. My wish is for him to stay. He is one of the best strikers in the world and at the age when players win trophies for their club. If he sees the level of our progress this season, he might be tempted to sign that contract. In his mind, he is regreting ever making that outburst. Ask him, he will tell you that he has no intention of leaving AFC it was just the anger that he would have won the league if he had had help from some players. The way we ended the season is enough to anger any player. The best we can do is to love him back cos he will never leave AFC in Jesus name
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August 11th, 2012 at 1:25 pm
I have mixed feelings about this. But you right writer.
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August 15th, 2012 at 1:53 pm
Okay if RVP wants to leaven then sell him and cash in but not to Manchester utd that would be a dumb move, sell him abroad for less because in the long run it will probably earn you more doing that, do you think if Rooney wanted to leave manu and Arsenal or anyone of his biggest rival wanted to buy Sir Alex Ferguson would even consider it, “NO” we only have to look at Gabriel Heinze saga to know that wont happen.if Arsene Wenger let RVP join manu I would lose all respect for him on being “smart”
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