The real ***** are the powers that be at Arsenal who not only let him go, but did so to a team we finished directly below last season and who we're supposed to be rivals to.
If any of us were in an equivalent position in our jobs as RVP was we'd have done the exact same thing.
Once he decided he wanted to go there, in reality there wasn't much else we could do. We can't force him to go abroad, and we couldn't keep him.
The board have a lot to be blamed for, but not this one.
Bottom line is, after 8 injury prone years, he left us for Man Utd. No gooner should be defending him.
His only other option (if he wanted to stay in the country) was City. He'd have shown less integrity had he gone there. At least he went to a proper club, not a circus. He went to a club who will win trophies and pay him more, as opposed to a club who won't and won't. I'd have done the same, so would you.
If you took the fans and their nasty chants into consideration then you wouldn't go anywhere else in the same country. That shouldn't even be a factor for a player.