In October 2011, when Wayne Rooney was frustrated with the performances of Manchester United, the striker voiced his intention to leave Old Trafford for greener pasture, claiming United had lost its winning mentality with the media rating him at £80 million in valuation before clubs started scrambling for his signature. However, the England international later rescinded his decision to leave and sign a new improved deal to remain at Old Trafford.
But in January last year, Chelsea paid a whopping £50 million to Liverpool to acquire the service of Fernando Torres. Since his move, Torres has only managed to net a mere 5 goals for the London club, while Rooney had netted 9 goals in the Premier League this season so far. However, Arsenal’s Robin van Persie has bagged 29 league goals in 28 games for The Gunners since his return in January last year, which has undoubtedly helped Arsenal climb the table in recent weeks. some might even say RVP is the backbone of Arsenal.
So in terms of valuation, who should be priced the highest?
If Torres cost Chelsea £50 million and United put a hefty £80 million price tag on Rooney, then Van Persie should be priced, at present, at around £95 million! Because the Dutchman is more prolific than Wayne and Fernando combined!
If RVP can remain injury-free for the entire season, I am pretty sure he will be able to score up to 35 goals in all competitions for Arsenal.
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rooney is the backbone of manu too.when they play without him they are worthless but the difference between rooney and van persie is that rooney put man you in three champions legue finals in 4 years and 4 premier legue titles in 5 years.do the math.
Van Dar Sar, Ronaldo, Vidic and Ferdinand were more effective and important in those years
you are nothing but a cockroach!!..were you drunk or high on something, before you wrote this article?? There is no way RVP is better than Rooney!! You rated the three players (RVP, WAYNE ROONEY AND TORRES) according to the number of goals they’ve banged right?..and you said RVP has scored 29 league goals in 28 appearances since January, which is correct (thumbs up) but are you trying to say that Wayne Rooney has scored only 9 league goals since January?? You are nothing but a C*NT!!!!! VIVA MAN-UTD…ElOba