Van Persie the fraud

[Power n Glory]

You're missing the point - of course most would be suspicious until he signed a new contact. But the point is - in public - he wasn't the one forcing the move, and so it's more transparently the club's decision. I, and many others I guess, weren't angry that he didn't sign a new contract. If we can't afford him, that's that - what can a club do. I was very annoyed that we didn't hold him to his last year of his contract, took the hit of £12m (taking away Giroud's fee) and gave ourselves the best chance of doing well on the pitch. This showed where the club's priorities are.

How is that different from the Nasri situation or the stick Theo was getting for stalling on a contract? Regardless of how he’d play this out in the public, he’d have still suffered the same backlash. The situation is already as transparent as it gets. We sold him to Man Utd when we didn’t have to. After selling RVP we also decide to sell Song, make a lot of noise about replacing him and then end up doing nothing as usual. The way this season has played out with the spin and rubbish is enough for fans to see what’s going on. It’s a surprise to me that this conversation is even happening as if there is some sort of ambiguity surrounding his transfer.

At the end of the day, fans are mad that he left and that’s just it really. How we want to dress up that anger is another story and think a lot is being made of this statement when in truth there wouldn’t have been an easier way for us to lose another one of captains and key players. It’s another gut punch.