I Told Arsenal To Sign Van Der Vaart But Was Ignored – Robin Van Persie
By Ollie Irish
Arsenal forward Robin van Persie has revealed that he urged Arsene Wenger to sign Rafael van der Vaart from Real Madrid.
As we all know, Van der Vaart joined Tottenham instead, and he has notched seven goals in 12 games in all competitions for Spurs so far this season.
Van Persie told NUsport: “He (Van der Vaart) is a great footballer, I know the quality he has.
“I would rather have him at Arsenal. I indicated a couple of times that Rafael would be useful for Arsenal but that advice was not followed.
“I regret the fact he was not signed, but it is the right of the club – this is just my opinion.
“Now you can see the result. Spurs were a good team but now they are a top team.”
Thanks for not listening, Arsene. Too kind.
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we got nasri anyway.
A top team in 7th lol.
yes but would Nasri have been the one to lose out had he come in? and he has 7 goals too. I’ll stick by what we have.
Had Wenger bought him, Wenger’s bonus would have been reduced. The more he saves the more he earns. But He’s doing it all for the club, honest!
FUCK VAN PERSIE! FUCK ARSE-ANAL!
Do you know how many players from Arsenal come back after international duty and suggest signings? Nahh neither do I…
Anyways, apparently we did run the rule over VDV but he was deemed ‘injury prone’….ironic ehh…
I think RVP was refering to comments he had made to the press I the past, not to arsene wenger
@ Mr Angry Nothing like a quality comment to enhance a topic eh?
You F**kin mug!
If there’s one position Arsenal are not short of, it’s the creative attacking players. Signing van der vaart is not a problem, problem is how to get him the playing time? Had him joined Arsenal, he would not have scored 7 goals in 12 games, cos he wouldn’t have been getting 12 games so far.
@RdDevil, yeah right, guess where the 80 mil Man U sold Ronaldo going to?
Yeah, exactly what the Arsenal needs, another injury-prone attacking midfielder.
Thanks, RVP, I’d rather want Arsene to focus on a goalkeeper.
van der vaart is clearly too old for arsene’s taste.
it would only have made sense had fabregas been sold to barcelona. otherwise vdv would’ve struggled to get a game when everyone’s fit. like van persie is finding out now. although rvp should defo start over chamakh.
hey… FUCK YOU RIGHT.. YOU FUCKIN IDIOT!