Robin van Persie's wife, Bouchra, insists the family are happy with life in London - suggesting the Arsenal captain will stay at the EmiratesRobin van Persie will be staying at Arsenal – if his wife and mother get their way.
It’s the news every Gunner fan wants to hear and there will be in-depth contract talks between the club and their 28-year-old star striker this summer.
But as far as Robin’s wife Bouchra is concerned, their family comes first.
She said: “We have been in *London for eight years now. As a family, we love it here.
“Robin is captain of Arsenal and, as many people claim, the leader of the Arsenal team.
“Arsenal believed in Robin when he was young and when he was considered as a bit of a rebel.
“We don’t want to upset things at home either. Our kids, Shaqueel and Dina, go to school here in London. And they are just as happy as we are.
“We still expect to sit down after this season is over and have a look at the future.
“We have to make some *decisions at some point. But it is not just about Robin. He also thinks about us, his children and me.
“I also love it that everyone at *Arsenal respects him. At the *training ground, at the stadium, his teammates, the fans.
“Everyone comes up to me all the time to tell me how happy they are with him.
“I also see that Robin is really kind to everyone at Arsenal in *return. As a skipper should be!
“A good captain should be *concerned about the club, about the team, about everything *involving Arsenal. Oh, and in the meantime, I have been promoted to ‘skip’s wife’.”
Even Van Persie’s mother, Jose, has joined the clamour for him to stay.
She said: “Arsenal is a *beautiful club. They have no debts and Robin is being worshipped there.
“I honestly feel that the fans and the people at the club really love him. That is worth so much, too.
“When we go to Arsenal and we walk into the stadium with him, it is electrifying.
“As a mum, that fills me with pride. It is really fantastic. When Robin’s granddad, my dad, was over at the Emirates for his (91st) birthday and we were taking pictures inside, I heard grown-up people behind me say: ‘We love Robin’. As a mum, I could not wish for a nicer thing.”
Van Persie, speaking to lifestyle Magazine ‘Heroes’ in Holland, *admits his mum is right.
“I have got to know everyone at the club. The kit man, the laundryman, everyone really. I know *everyone by name. I love all that.’’
Wife Bouchra added: “When it was his grandad’s birthday, Robin took the entire family to the
dressing room.
“His grandad went to sit in *Robin’s seat in the dressing room and walked through every room of the home team. He loved it.’’
Van Persie added: “My grandad also wanted to walk on the pitch. But as we all know, the grass is almost sacrosanct and nobody can walk on it after a game. Not even your family.
“But when our groundsman saw grandad standing on the *touchline, he said, ‘Robin, YOUR
grandad can step onto the pitch’. Well, you see, that’s Arsenal.”
Van Persie says he will let his family choose after his career is over if they want to live in England or head home to Holland.
He ended: “While I am playing, I realise that it will be mainly me who decides where we live.
“If my kids want to go back to *Holland, we will do. But that won’t be for another 10 years, I think.
“My kids speak better English than Dutch at this moment. They attend a real English school, not an international school.’’
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