Good Bye RVP!

[Ollie the Optimist]

My info that RVP unimpressed by back room and medical staff as well as sales and lack of top signings over past year.

that is a tweet from the daily mail head of football.


if that is true, shows waht a **** van persie is. medical staff look after him for 8 years and now this. money grabbing ****

[Power n Glory]

Of course It's about money.

Otherwise I assume he'll be entertaining offers from Celtic?

If it's about money, he'd end up in China.

If a club can offer all massive wages to their star players, they can probably attract the best players, hence build a competitive squad and challenge for titles.

[Grebbo]

We might have lost better but I don't think we've lost one who was so influential at the time of departure. RVP had a better season than Henry 03/04 in my books and I don't think the blow of losing him should be understated. It's fair to say we probably wouldn't be in the Champions League if he had missed even just a handful of games last season.

It's a very damaging blow to the club on and off the pitch.

Nah, Cesc carried us for years. It's only because he was injured for most of his last season that people underestimate what an amazing player he was for us.

The thing with RVP is we think he's so influential because he was our only striker last season - there was no-one else. We now have two (good) new strikers.

I'm gutted RVP is leaving but I wont shed a tear like I have for previous players lol

[Bergkampwonderland10]

Of course It's about money.

Otherwise I assume he'll be entertaining offers from Celtic?

It's not about the money this time...we just can't match his ambition in the transfer market and if you read the last part of the full statement...Van Persie hints as to one of the reasons why...

"As soon as Mr Gazidis is back from his two-week holiday in America further meetings will follow and I will update you if and when there are more developments."

Anyone else know why our CEO is taking a 2-week break in the middle of the transfer window...a window that is probably one of the most important in our recent history? Anyone?

[Syn]

No, even with Nasri and Cesc we were still short and the club refused to sign a defender in January even though we knew Vermaelen would be out for the whole season. We faffed about with the goalkeepers as well and started Almunia in goal for the season. If Fabianski hadn't have gotten himself injured, we may have dropped more points with that clutz in goal.

We don't buy players to build. We buy to replace and put out fires. That's what Poldoski and Giroud are about. They're replacements for Arshavin/Theo and RVP. If players don't leave, we don't buy. The players have to accept responsibility for loses but when the manager chooses to go into the season with an inexperienced squad and lack of quality in certain areas, there is only so much you can do.

It turns out that way - that they are replacements. But I don't think that was the initial intention. Certainly not in this case - we desperately wanted (still want) Van Persie to stay. Wenger wouldn't have bothered with the guilt-trip otherwise.

I blame Wenger for being naive enough to keep emotionally investing in these players and expecting them to be (perhaps overly) patient. With the Ambramovich and the big money starting to roll in, 'patience' became more and more difficult. Wenger tries to build title-winning teams. People who act like he flicked a switch in 2005 and went to the other extreme are being silly because they want someone to blame. Arsene is still the same man who built a squad of Henry, Vieira, Pires, Ljungberg etc. and he's the same man who spent a club record on Wiltord when there were many other goalscorers at the club. He does want to add to existing talent. If we are not to accept 'money is tight' as an excuse, then I would say it is because Wenger is far too picky that we are left without investment. The truth, as always, is probably somewhere in between.

We could discuss this all day (and we have been for years!) but with regards to Van Persie, I do feel his statement was designed to make his position at the club untenable and it wasn't helpful for the club. I understand his reasons for wanting to leave but out of respect for the club (and I disagree that we've treated him badly), he could've just said he wanted a 'fresh challenge', or ideally nothing at all.

[Ollie the Optimist]

It's not about the money this time...we just can't match his ambition in the transfer market and if you read the last part of the full statement...Van Persie hints as to one of the reasons why...

"As soon as Mr Gazidis is back from his two-week holiday in America further meetings will follow and I will update you if and when there are more developments."

Anyone else know why our CEO is taking a 2-week break in the middle of the transfer window...a window that is probably one of the most important in our recent history? Anyone?

he isnt on holiday, the club have confirmed that so thats bollocks.

also why ask for ambition, watch us sign two good strikers then fuck off? we do what he asked and thats not good enough because he wants money. nothing else but money

[Power n Glory]

My info that RVP unimpressed by back room and medical staff as well as sales and lack of top signings over past year.

that is a tweet from the daily mail head of football.


if that is true, shows waht a **** van persie is. medical staff look after him for 8 years and now this. money grabbing ****

Might be some truth with the medical thing. He had to go abroad to see a specialist to get over his injury troubles. Let's not get carried away here, these gimps have crocked Wilshere. There a bloody rubbish and we have an appalling record.

[Grebbo]

Anyone else know why our CEO is taking a 2-week break in the middle of the transfer window...a window that is probably one of the most important in our recent history? Anyone?

Gaz doesn't deal with new signings, Dick Law does.

[Munchies]

Anyone else know why our CEO is taking a 2-week break in the middle of the transfer window...a window that is probably one of the most important in our recent history? Anyone?

Because we've finished all of our transfer dealings, and it's already been pre-determined to who RVP will join.

... Dont know what the fucking mong is doing

[Boss]

Quite entertaining on here how players are treated as gods while they're here and it suddenly becomes about money when they leave.

Fabregas, Nasri, Henry, Adebayor, Clichy all won trophies after they left us, sure in some cases (Adebayor) it was about the money but for the others all didn't see the club competing for trophies. It's not a coincidence that our top players leave every year.