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 However, the England international later rescinded his decision to leave and sign a new improved deal to remain at Old Trafford.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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v.persie is beta
The red hot RVP IS 100% better than Torres% rooney.i as a one time big player in the english premier league, i fear his left foot.he is fantastic.
at d moment RVP is d best striker in d world…
Keep on
I always loved RVP, even when he was an mostly injured, cause of the way he moves, his game reading and his finishing. The guy is an artist, just like his parents, but on the football field. He is irreplaceable.
People used to say that fabregas was irreplaceable (can go and suck di$k), but believe me this guy is a one of the rarest gems ever.
comparing RVP to Rooney or Torres is like comparing oranges to lemons lads (at least in Torres’ case). RVP is not a natural striker but more an attacking midfielder who prefers to play behind the striker. Torres is a born striker as is Rooney. Their individual Clubs play rather different styles from each other and it is my contention that Torres would be far more effective at Arsenal than at Chelsea, whereas Rooney would not do well at AFC.
how about not pricing our best player unstead try make him sign a new bumper deal and help convince him to stay by bringing in a new world class player? test sweeter to me doesnt it?
Suppose Robin decides to leave us.. Then i think it wud be an excelent idea to swap him with Torres. He is a pure striker. Remember how he used to terorise the league when he used to get fantastic bals from alonso gerad and mascherano? Chelsea’s system doesnt suit him. He’d b perfect for us.
Rvp is best striker in world so far how can compare him Torres, men he too down but love to see him at emirates.
hope rvp retires at emirates.
Just a correction,Vanpersie has scored 29 goals in 28 games since January this year and not last year.