Good Bye RVP!

[GP]

The Scottish League Title wasn't particularly worth much before the Rangers debacle, now it'll be worth even less in terms of prestige. Certainly in comparison to the Premier League/La Liga trophies, Champions League etc.

Oh really?

Thanks, I had no idea.

[Kano]

Right on!

didn't he sell his shares many years ago?

[Power n Glory]

Fact of the matter is, we decide who we sell him to and we don't even have to disclose which clubs have made an offer. We're going to whore him out to the highest bidder and that's likely to be City. We're after the money too so this 'greed' thing works both ways. The club need to be criticised for constantly flirting with City each season.

[Kano]

im pretty sure the idea wasn't sell him but keep the player. so why not sell to the highest bidder?

[LDG]

Quite like this Tim Stillman dude.

Anyway...

From the player’s perspective, Robin has burned his bridges with the supporters and the club. I’m not convinced he’ll care too much about that. He’s not after popularity here. The message is clear. He wants to leave. This statement, with its below the belt blow at the CEO in its final sentence, its position of out and out mutiny at the club, is designed to make his position at the club untenable. For all of our talk about Robin’s diminishing status in our eyes, this statement will achieve what he and his advisors want it to.

It’ll push through a transfer, whilst safeguarding his signing on fee at his next club. A transfer request that doesn’t preclude him from the financial rewards that an actual transfer request would revoke. In that respect, it’s a cunning piece of legalese. The noises coming from the club suggest that they were well and truly prepared to hold van Persie to the duration of his contract. We can see from his announcement that he definitely doesn’t want that, hence the quite aggressive play from his advisors

Rest of it is on http://arseblog.com/

[Boss]

The Manchester City defender Kolo Touré believes his former Arsenalteam-mate Robin van Persie would boost their chances of winning the Champions League if the striker decided to move to the Etihad Stadium.City had been linked with the Holland international even before he announced on Wednesday he would not be extending his contract at Arsenal, which has a year to run.
Having played with him at Arsenal, Touré is well aware of what Van Persie can offer a side and would welcome him at City.
"Robin is a top player. I've played with him, I know him and he's a great man," the centre-back is reported as saying by the Manchester Evening News.
"At City we have great players and the club does what it wants in transfers. But for me, if Robin comes it's great because I know what he can do.
"You have to build your squad every year to do better; to win the Champions League is very difficult as we have seen."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...anchester-city

[Power n Glory]

im pretty sure the idea wasn't sell him but keep the player. so why not sell to the highest bidder?

Then why is a double standard for the player to go to the highest bidder?

before png associated those two articles, not one person on any board i read has referred back to what phw said. not one.

everyone has made their own minds up about why he wants to leave.

perhaps arsenal fans are not as naive as you like to think they are.

Also, if the media and PHW never linked him with a move away to City, would anyone assume he's moved for the money? It's weird because all season we've said we're going to lose him if we have a shitty season and that's exactly what's happened. We've all said we lack ambition as a club and after seeing how our season has panned out and speaking with the boss and Gaz, RVP has reached the exact same conclusion. All season, every fan had RVP down as a stand up guy and a player that wants to win trophies. A few press stories here and there and he's a different person. Yes, I think fans naive. Money will be a factor in regards to who gets his services, but it's not why he's leaving Arsenal.

[PGFC]

Ffs just take the £8 mill.

[LDG]

Ffs just take the £8 mill.

Time to move on.

Pre-season next week.

[Kano]

Then why is a double standard for the player to go to the highest bidder?


Also, if the media and PHW never linked him with a move away to City, would anyone assume he's moved for the money? It's weird because all season we've said we're going to lose him if we have a shitty season and that's exactly what's happened. We've all said we lack ambition as a club and after seeing how our season has panned out and speaking with the boss and Gaz, RVP has reached the exact same conclusion. All season, every fan had RVP down as a stand up guy and a player that wants to win trophies. A few press stories here and there and he's a different person. Yes, I think fans naive. Money will be a factor in regards to who gets his services, but it's not why he's leaving Arsenal.

i'm not sure i said it was double standards did i?

most people were under the impression that he 'loved' the club. being supporters, we are naturally upset that we are losing our best player and our captain, hence the reaction. everything isn't linked to a media report or a statement from the club - in most cases it is based on anger and frustration. that's how being a supporter works, nothing too complicated. people read his statement on its own and that was enough. if a player wants to stand up and talk in that way, then expect a backlash.