Earlier in the season I thought RvP would have been mad to stay but we finished 3rd, we're in the CL again, we're making some more positive noises in the transfer market.
If I was RvP I'd talk to the manager and see what his plans for the club are and whether I want to be part of that. I think that's what RvP is going to do.
as much as i would love him to stay, i think he would be making a mistake to give his last few years at the top to arsenal, despite the 'position' we finished in.
i'm proud we turned our season round but even with the positive signals including changes to the staffing, to close a 20 point gap difference in a season is a huge ask. from what i can remember i don't think the gap between the 2nd and 3rd has been so large and if it has then it must've been quite a while ago.
we have always had the players to realistically challenge at least but the type of players we have brought in since the invincibles have required far more organisation from the management - organisation that has not been up to the level required to move the club forward.the new type of player/squad we tried to develop since our trophy successes meant a new approach from wenger and co, not just the same approach of letting them figure it out themselves. in a sense it has felt like firefighting every season just to maintain the bare minimum acceptable by most fans.
anyway, what i mean is that we may improve a bit next season but not enough to challenge for the title in a real sense and from a personal, selfish point of view which we all are entitled to at work, rvp needs to see that he will not win what he wants here, in the time he has left.
Last edited by Kano; 14-05-2012 at 09:35 PM.
You saw the wave after Norwich, he gone, but has more class than Cesc "come get me!!!" Fabsgotgas and it puts both player and team in strongest negotiating position for salary to "drag him away" and sale price respectively. Heart hopes I'm wrong though.Originally Posted by Letters
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"After all, it was the Gunners’ goalkeeper who started the move that culminated in Thomas’ crowning glory. It was Lukic who, in injury time, decided to throw the ball out to Lee Dixon rather than lump it long..."
Agreed. If anyone deserves to win stuff its him and with us i can't see it any time soon. At least he'll be gracious when he leaves and all the fans will back him.
The bar is incredibly high if we want to challenge for the league again. This United side is not considered to be one of their best by any stretch, yet they chalked up 89 points and probably should have won the league from the position they were in. There is a huge amount of ground to make up next year.
Realistically Arsenal won't be challengers unless there is a dramatic upturn in consistency. I'd absolutley love and respect RVP if he decided to stay but on a professional level you'd have to understand his reasons for leaving.
Well if he does go then we won't have a chance of winning anything.
If he stays then we certainly do have a chance next season.
http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/...r-city-meetingRobin van Persie’s agent has admitted to being a guest of Manchester City executive Brian Marwood at an Etihad Stadium match.
Kees Vos, the Arsenal striker’s principal representative, has told Goal.com that he was entertained by Marwood at City’s home ground “about three months ago”.
Vos denied that the meeting was to discuss a possible transfer for his superstar client to the newly crowned Premier League champions.
But the revelation will do little to dampen the fears among Arsenal fans about the uncertain future of their captain and talisman, who, as revealed by Goal.com on Monday, will hold crunch talks with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger and chief executive Ivan Gazidis on Wednesday.
“Yes, I was a guest of Marwood at Manchester City, that is true,” Vos told Goal.com. “It was about three months ago.
“I meet a lot of people. Why do I need to explain? I work for a company that has 450 clients and 350 international players.
“I am not just the agent for Robin. I also represent Thomas Vermaelen, Keisuke Honda, Jeremain Lens and Stefan de Vrij.”
Despite the denials of Vos, who is the chief executive officer of Holland-based Sports Entertainment Group, the players most likely to be of interest to City are clearly Van Persie and Vermaelen, who signed a new four-year Arsenal contract last October.
Marwood, City’s director of football administration, is the club’s most senior football executive and has worked closely in the past with manager Roberto Mancini and the club’s Abu Dhabi owners on blue-chip signings.
Van Persie will meet Wenger and Gazidis in London on Wednesday, when he is expected to tell the club either of his desire to either stay at Emirates Stadium or leave Arsenal this summer.
The Dutchman was non-committal about his future on Sunday afternoon after helping Arsenal finish third in the Premier League with a 3-2 win at West Brom. “We will have a chat next week and we will go from there,” he said.
It is believed that Arsenal will tell the Dutchman that they intend to hold him to a contract that runs until 2013 even if he refuses to sign the new deal that is set to be offered at the meeting.
Because of his age, Arsenal regard Van Persie, who turns 29 in August, as a £20 million asset and believe it is worth risking him running down his contract and selling him for nothing in a year’s time.
Real Madrid and Juventus are among the other clubs closely monitoring the striker’s contract talks.
Hes gone
Are you just WUMing or do you really want him gone?
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So he went to a city game so what.
yep the ever realiable goal.com who had a massive exclusive that rvp will hold contract talks. yep thats the kind of site we are talking about
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