If RVP wants to leave we should let him

[Joker]

The club has stuck by van Persie for 7 years, despite all his injury problems and set-backs. We've continued to pay his wages and his medical costs, persevered with him despite all his off the field problems (the rape allegations etc) even though many other managers would have sold him a few years ago and got a more reliable striker. Because of our faith in him, he's gone on to become a regular starter for his national team and has played in European Championships and World Cups.

If he's so ungrateful that he wants to leave at the end of the season, we should let him tbh and get a more reliable striker in. I'm sick and tired of players who only see Arsenal as a stepping stone. Let's get players who are actually going to stay with the club for a long period.

[Marc Overmars]

Well obviously if he wants to go then like Cesc and Nasri, there's no point in keeping him.

All this RVP leaving stuff is just the press putting 2 and 2 together. They've seen what's happened with Clichy, Cesc and Nasri and like vultures they see Arsenal still have a bit of life in them in RVP, so like the scum they are, they're just making out as if he's next.

He may well be, but we'll cross that bridge when it comes. For now anyone doubting him should FOAD.

[Japan Shaking All Over]

The club has stuck by van Persie for 7 years, despite all his injury problems and set-backs. We've continued to pay his wages and his medical costs, persevered with him despite all his off the field problems (the rape allegations etc) even though many other managers would have sold him a few years ago and got a more reliable striker. Because of our faith in him, he's gone on to become a regular starter for his national team and has played in European Championships and World Cups.

If he's so ungrateful that he wants to leave at the end of the season, we should let him tbh and get a more reliable striker in. I'm sick and tired of players who only see Arsenal as a stepping stone. Let's get players who are actually going to stay with the club for a long period.

You? sick and tired of something. . . .? Who would believe it?

anyway thought you were meant to go off and play on your own when it came to you RvP rants!

[Master Splinter]

Well obviously if he wants to go then like Cesc and Nasri, there's no point in keeping him.

All this RVP leaving stuff is just the press putting 2 and 2 together. They've seen what's happened with Clichy, Cesc and Nasri and like vultures they see Arsenal still have a bit of life in them in RVP, so like the scum they are, they're just making out as if he's next.

He may well be, but we'll cross that bridge when it comes. For now anyone doubting him should FOAD.

First reply nailed it.

Close thread now.

[Ollie the Optimist]

you just couldnt resist joker could you. the guy has just scored a ton of goals for us becoming 17th ever in our history to do so but you still cant accept that he is a great striker

[Özim]

If we're relying on ******* to convince him with his "2% away" frankly he's likely to leave.

I have no faith in us being able to convince him to stay to be honest, we never buy the players we should and accept 4th place.

Be disappointed to see him go if he did, but wouldn't blame him if ******* was still around because hollow words can only convince you for so long.

[Xhaka Can’t]

I have no faith in us...

[fakeyank]

No top player would want to play with us.. RVP should leave

[McNamara That Ghost...]

You don't do yourself any favours with threads like this Joker. Especially when you note he has been here a long time (seven years) and then say you want players who will actually stay for a long period.

And it really annoys me when people claim players are being disloyal yet will jump at the first opportunity to say they want players out of the club.

[Niall_Quinn]

Has RvP actually stated he wants to leave? All I've heard so far is Wenger STUPIDLY stating we may not be able to afford to keep him. But RvP hasn't said anything has he? Unless something happened today I'm unaware of.

As for the boring old, "if he wants to leave we have no choice", bullshit - any suggestions what we'd do if ALL our players wanted to leave? Shut the club down? Because that;s what's going to happen if we keep bending over for players who are under contract and letting them leave early. As soon as teh top players have left, aided and abetted by the stupid, "we have no choice", concession, and the results go into the ditch, others will want to leave too and so begins the spiral.

I'll tell you who needs to leave, Kroenke, his stinking board and the manager. Surely those should be the first out the door after their monumental fuck-ups? Then we'd see what the players thought if a board that understood something about football and a manager who lived on planet earth were brought in to shake things up.